The plagues also brought economic changes. The death of so many people gave the wealth to all of the survivors. In many cases, workers who remained alive could earn up to five times what they had earned before the plague. In the towns, plague had the effect of combining wealth somewhat, especially among the middle class. Governments were forced to adjust to the social trouble caused by plague. First local governments, and then in the case of England, the monarchy, attempted to control the movement and price of products as well as wages paid to laborers. The Black Death also had an effect on the arts. The art seen after the plague, mainly the sculptures and paintings were seen to have much more to do with death than ever before.

Scientists and historians are still unsure about the origins of plague. Medieval European writers believed that it began in Chi

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