How did the Black Death contribute to the end of feudalism in Western Europe?

A. People viewed the Black Death as God's punishment for their sinfulness.

B. Labor shortages led towns and landowners to attract workers by offering freedom from

serfdom.

C. The Catholic Church was able to strengthen its authority when dying victims of the disease sought salvation

D. Trade with Asia was disrupted when Europeans realized that rats on ships carried the disease.

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Hugh Skinner

26 April, 00:54

How did the Black Death contribute to the end of feudalism in Western Europe?

A. People viewed the Black Death as God's punishment for their sinfulness.

B. Labor shortages led towns and landowners to attract workers by offering freedom from

serfdom.

C. The Catholic Church was able to strengthen its authority when dying victims of the disease sought salvation

D. Trade with Asia was disrupted when Europeans realized that rats on ships carried the disease.

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Cindy Gilmore · Answer 1

B. Labor shortages led towns and landowners to attract workers by offering freedom from

serfdom.

Kamora Sparks · Answer 2

C The catholic church was able to its authority when dying victims of the disease sought salvation because of psychological effects of the Black Death were reflected north of the Alps (not in Italy) by a preoccupation with death and the afterlife evinced in poetry, sculpture, and painting; the Roman Catholic Church lost some of its monopoly over the salvation of souls as people turned to mysticism and sometimes to excesses.