Which of the following describes an effect that the Black Death had on medieval society?(1 point)
Responses
Anti-Semitic violence increased.
Anti-Semitic violence increased.
The wealthy went to the cities.
The wealthy went to the cities.
Trade increased.
Trade increased.
Many new villages were established.
Anti-Semitic violence increased.
During the Black Death, which ravaged Europe in the mid-14th century, Jewish communities often faced blame for the spread of the disease. This was due to widespread ignorance about the plague's actual cause (Yersinia pestis bacteria, typically spread by fleas from infected rodents). As a result, anti-Semitic sentiments and myths accusing Jews of poisoning wells or otherwise causing the disease led to horrific violence, massacres, and expulsions of Jewish populations from numerous cities and regions.