The black death (also referred to as the black plague) caused devastating results upon Medieval Europe. The economy took a downward spiral as workers were dying off at rapid speeds. This caused those workers who had not been effected by the plague to want to be paid more, as they were doing the work for those who had left the job due to illness. At this time inflation occurred, many revolts broke out and those business owners still alive wanted to put caps on wage earners.
