1.0Medievalists.nethttps://www.medievalists.netSandra Alvarezhttps://www.medievalists.net/author/sandra-alvarez/Labor Markets After the Black Death: Landlord Collusion and the Imposition of Serfdom in Eastern Europe and the Middle East - Medievalists.netrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="pPb07Ug3dV"><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/labor-markets-after-the-black-death-landlord-collusion-and-the-imposition-of-serfdom-in-eastern-europe-and-the-middle-east/">Labor Markets After the Black Death: Landlord Collusion and the Imposition of Serfdom in Eastern Europe and the Middle East</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/labor-markets-after-the-black-death-landlord-collusion-and-the-imposition-of-serfdom-in-eastern-europe-and-the-middle-east/embed/#?secret=pPb07Ug3dV" width="600" height="338" title="“Labor Markets After the Black Death: Landlord Collusion and the Imposition of Serfdom in Eastern Europe and the Middle East” — Medievalists.net" data-secret="pPb07Ug3dV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.medievalists.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/medieval-peasants.jpeg600518The differences in the imposition of serfdom led to different economic and political effects for the peasantry in Europe. In Western Europe, wages rose, grain prices fell, and the consumption of meat, dairy products, and beer increased. More and more peasants moved into a widening “middle class” that could afford to buy manufactured goods.