中世纪欧洲鼠疫及其对当时社会经济的影响

Comment on the European Black Death in the Middle Ages

鼠疫在中世纪的欧洲曾经大规模流行,给当时的欧洲造成了巨大灾难:人口锐减,土地荒芜,农产品价格大跌。但灾难的发生最终却加速了采邑制度和契约义务在农村的瓦解。

The deadly bubonil plague of 1348-1349, commonly called the Black Death, caused a great disaster all over the Europe in the Middle Ages. It swept over the whole Europe. A careful estimate shows that one half of the population died of this disease, a large amount of land lay uncultivated and produce prices were dropped greatly. The influence of the Black Death had shaken the serf system and contract obiligation to the root in rural areas.