Re: [Mid] History's Top ten Hits (was: Re-emergence of the Wonderpest)

On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Jon Gilchrist wrote:

> The spread of the Black Plague, and how it upset the economics of
> Europe and changed the value of the worker (ultimately leading, I
> think, to the Magna Carta).
>
Black Death: bubonic, pneumatic, and septicemic plague. Introduced in
Europe through ships coming into Italy, in 1348.

Magna Carta: limitations on the power of English kings, forced on John I
by the barons of Runnymede, in June 1215.

The Balck Death did change the value of the worker, though. Which _may_
have opened the doors to the merits of an individual, and to the works of
Hus.

--Christian

From: Chris Mortika <cmortika@rocky.itasca.net>
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