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The History of the Black Death
The plague in the Middle Ages caused a lot of economic activity to grind to a halt. The higher up you were in society, the better off you were when it came to actually dying of the plague. After the plague, landlords suddenly see their leverage over their tenants dramatically decreased. There are stories of animals that were starving because nobody was feeding them.