Surprisingly, the Black Death in 1348 destroyed that system. With up to a third of the population wiped out, laborers became extremely valuable. Wages and opportunities rose and serfdom was pretty much done in Western Europe.
“Surprisingly, the Black Death in 1348 destroyed that system. With up to a third of the population wiped out, laborers became extremely valuable. Wages and opportunities rose and serfdom was pretty much done in Western Europe.”
You’ve been reading “A Farewell to Alms,” haven’t you :)