Question

What was one of the effects that the bubonic plague had on peasant and artisan workers living in Europe during the late Middle Ages? A) workers were forced to relocate to cities to find work B) workers’ wages rose due to an increased demand for labor C) workers had their homes taken away to pay off landowners’ debts D) worker’s rights decreased because land owners gained more power.

Answer 1

The answer is B
Because it was hard to find labors when everyone is dying.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) workers’ wages rose due to an increased demand for labor.

One of the effects that the bubonic plague had on peasant and artisan workers living in Europe during the late Middle Ages was that workers’ wages rose due to an increased demand for labor.

The Bubonic Plague or Black Death was a pandemic that almost devastated the human population in Europe during the Middle Ages. Historians consider that from 1347 to 1351, the plague killed more than 200 million humans in Asia and Europe. Experts state that the disease originated in Central Asia and moved through Europe due to trade using the Silk Road.