Middle Ages, millions of the people in various countries died from this sickness, also referred

to as the Black Death, and were in chaos. Yet, the Bubonic Plague can be considered a

fortunate event in world history because of its strengthening in agriculture in kingdoms and

empires, its enlightenment towards towns people and clergy, and how it led to greater solutions

and inventions that prevented future world epidemic disasters.

The Bubonic Plague led to greater agricultural innovations. Due to the declining of the

people produced by the Black Death, large amounts of farmland were abandoned or declined in

productivity (Herliby 91). The lands were used for greater purposes such as the pasture for

sheep. The collapse of the population enabled the use of land for other solutions, such as turning

the large space into pasturage for crops, and forests. The remaining land was in better use and

After the Black Plague, many of the townspeople had acquired advantages. As Wages

rose, even the poor enjoyed a higher standard of living. They ate better foods than ever before

in fur coats of sheep or lambskin (Frampton 42). With their services in demand, many in

medieval economy, after it recovered from the plague's initial shock and learned to cope with the

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