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		SixSigma on April 18, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe (2005) Or, as some might say, the best thing that ever happened to European society. Paper became cheap because of a cotton glut and labour became expensive leading to egalitarian lifestyles.

throwaway049 on April 18, 2016 [–]

The aristocracy were against egalitarian lifestyles immediately following the plague. A maximum wage system was established in England [0]

[0] http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-09-05/how-the-bla...

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