The economic impact of the plague was significant and changed the relationship between the lords, who owned the land and the peasants who worked the land. This was because as the population decreased it became a lot harder to find people to work the land, such as harvesting the crops, plowing the fields and producing other goods. This led to the peasants demanding higher wages, this was allowed by a lot of lords as the peasants were more productive with more amount of tools and land to work. As a result the peasants got a higher standard of living and greater freedom and improving their own condition of employment.
