The COVID pandemic will be remembered as such a moment in history, a seminal event whose significance will unfold only in the wake of the crisis. ![]() Rising expectations culminated in the Peasants Revolt of 1381, an inflection point that marked the beginning of the end of the feudal order that had dominated medieval Europe for a thousand years. A scarcity of labor led to increased wages. In the 14th Century, the Black Death killed close to half of Europe’s population. ![]() Pandemics and plagues have a way of shifting the course of history, and not always in a manner immediately evident to the survivors.
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