Events Tagged: "Black Death"

Fourteen Holy Helpers devotion begins in Germany - response to Black Death, special intercessors against diseases

Black Death transforms legal relations - labor shortage leads to Statute of Laborers attempting to freeze wages and restrict movement

Black Death reaches England - kills third of population, labor shortage transforms society

Black Death devastates Venice - kills 60% of population (about 60,000 people), temporary economic collapse

Black Death reaches Denmark - kills third of population, devastates economy and society

Statute of Laborers - attempt to freeze wages at pre-plague levels, maximum wage law fails