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The Black Death is the name of a disastrous plague
that ___1___ out in
Europe in 1348. At that ___2___, poor people lived in
the manors of their
employers. ___3___ was the feudal system, in
___4___ the
poor
people, known as serfs, virtually belonged ___5___ their
masters, the lords. The serfs usually lived ___6___ cramped and unhygienic
environments
in the lords' castles. ___7___ were so bad that diseases
___8___
very quickly. Black rats, which bred very ___9___ in
such environments,
ran around, carrying diseases ___10___ them. When
___11___
infected
rats bit other rats ___12___ human beings, the diseases
___13___
transmitted to their victims. This became ___14___
widespread that many
villages were wiped out and about one million people
___15___ in just two years because of the Black Death.
___16___ of this, fewer and fewer people were
___17___
to work or to ___18___ in the lords' manors. They
demanded to be
___19___ to rent their own land out
___20___ their pay. This
was the beginning of the abolition of the feudal
system in Europe. |
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The Black Death is the name of a disastrous plague
that broke out in
Europe in 1348. At that
time, poor people lived in
the manors of their
employers. This was the feudal system, in
which the
poor
people, known as serfs, virtually belonged
to their
masters, the lords. The serfs usually lived
in cramped and unhygienic
environments
in the lords' castles.
Conditions were so bad that diseases
spread
very quickly. Black rats, which bred very
quickly in
such environments,
ran around, carrying diseases
on them. When
these
infected
rats bit other rats or human beings, the diseases
were
transmitted to their victims. This became
so
widespread that many
villages were wiped out and about one million people
died in just two years because of the Black Death.
Because of this, fewer and fewer people were
willing
to work or to live in the lords' manors. They
demanded to be
allowed to rent their own land out
of their pay. This
was the beginning of the abolition of the feudal
system in Europe. |
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