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King Death

by Colin Platt · 1996

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Examines what it was like to live with plague at all levels of society. Argues that the severe labor shortage that persisted for over a century after the Black Death ultimately broke the ties of feudal bondage.

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Setting
medievalmedievalMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 262 pages

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