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Europe's Population Control Methods and the Impact of the Black Death
In order to control population, society restricted people's sexuality through the European marriage pattern, delaying reproductive period until around 30 years old. This was important to prevent a Malthusian crisis caused by too many children. However, after the Black Death, which drastically reduced the population in the mid-14th century, the north of Europe lost over 50% of its population.