Answer:
A. more power to the surfs and peasents
Explanation:
Due to the Black Death, an estimated 1/3 of Europe's population died. most of them were of the workforce, or peasents and serfs. due to smaller amounts of labor, the counts and higher nobility had to safeguard their people in hopes that they may continue working.
mark Twain called the late 19th century the "Gilded Age." By this, he meant that the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath. ... It is easy to caricature the Gilded Age as an era of corruption, conspicuous consumption, and unfettered capitalism.
