... to increased benefits in exchange for the same amount of work. In addition, due to the lack of consumers caused by the population decline, the prices of goods were going down due to the lack of demand. Although this caused the standard of living for serfs to increase, it also resulted in "lower manorial incomes for their lords" (Aberth ... of peoples were immune; it affected the serfs and lords, as well as the priests and friars. Due to this, priests of the day were more than often scared to go into the houses of the ill, as many of the priest who did so ended up contracting the disease...

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