England suffered from the Black death , due to this more than one third of the entire population died.

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.