The Role of the Black Death in the Decline of Feudalism

After the Black Death attacked Europe in the late 1340s, the feudal system started to decline. The feudal system participated in politics and combined social classes during that period. It begins with a relationship between two free people (not a serf), the Lord and his vassals, the vassals come from Celtic servants, but in feudalism the vassals mean free men . To put himself under the protection of the Lord and to provide him with faithful military aid. "Although this relationship was initially beneficial to each other, it was very limited in the overall development of the system.

Black death affects several things, including cultural, religious and economic influences. These changes are both positive and negative and contribute to the situation that promotes the feudalism decline, the end of the Middle Ages, and the rise of the Renaissance. The most obvious cultural influence can be seen in art and literature during this period. In the 14th century Europe, the expression of art and literature showed a dark sense of humor and color to cope with the tragedy. Boccaccio of Italy set Decameron as a year of plague disease, 1348 (Key 35). The collection of these vulgar stories is the predecessor of Chaucer sCanterbury Tales, Boccacio and Chaucer both ridicule the despair of people without other methods. The picture is depressed, full of death and destruction

The major cause of feudal death in most parts of Europe is the black death disease from 1347 to 1351 and the subsequent pandemic disease, more than a third of Europe's deaths have died. After the black death, the land became rich, the labor force became poor, and the relationship between farmers became hard. The church, the nobility changed. Although feudalism was generally seen to end in about 1500 in Western Europe, serfdom was not released in Russia until 1861. Medieval agricultural land is usually organized by manor under the feudal feudal system. A medieval mansion consists of hundreds of acres of land. Large-scale real estate is a mansion or a part-time job house. Several housing complexes are under the jurisdiction of Catholic bishop or Dean. Some lords have more than one manor, and the church dominates wide areas.