The Black Death and its Effect on Medieval Europe The Black Death is the name later given to the epidemic of plague that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351. Between those 4 years, the plague wiped out a third of the European population from England to northern Africa. The effects of such great mortality on the medieval culture and society were enormous. Depopulation caused by the Black Death disrupted the social structure of medieval Europe, promoting those living …showed first 75 words of 626 total…

…showed last 75 words of 626 total…increasing power peasants, and an increasingly smaller gap between the wealthy and poor. Survivors had the ability to start again with low land values, high wages, and a society beginning to lean towards democracy. The post-Plague world was one of vastly increased opportunity for inventive and capable individuals. While the Black Death killed off medieval society, it gave birth to the beginnings of the sense of independence and upward mobility of the modern day world.