The disastrous mortal disease known as the Black Death spread across Europe in the years 1346-53.

1. The century of Plagues
1348 The black death
(more than one third of entire
population died)

2. Earlier in the century : plagues
• Population in Britain:
1300 : 4 million
by the end of the century: hardly half that
figure
second half of the fifteenth century: began
to grow again.

3. At the end of the thirteenth century:
the sharp rise in prices
• After the Balck Death : King and Parliament
tried to control de wage increase.
was not possible.
• The end of the serfdom : the poor could
demand more money.

4. By the mid fifteenth century.
• New class: Yeomen.

5. During the fourteenth century.
• Economic changes replacement of wool.
result of the very
high prices.

6. ENGLAND
• At the beginning of the century, exported
30,000 sacks of row wool. 8,000 lengths of
cloth.
• By the middle of the century, exported 8,000
sacks of wool. 50,00 lengths of cloth.
• By the end: this increased to well over
100,000.