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Among the first, hardest, and recurrently hit parts of the Occidental world, modern Burgundie surffered four waves of the plague. At the time the country was part of the Kingdom of Gassavelia, Bishopric of Bonavix, Imperial Abbey of Costello, Vilauristre Conference, County of Bergendia, and the Bishopric of Mattiusvale. These disparate fiefdoms were still unparalleled in their connection to each other and their freedom of movement. When the trade cities of the Vilauristre Conference were infected it was only a matter of time before the remainder would soon fall. The spread of the plague turned many Levantines off to the concepts of international trade. This bankrupted the Vilauristre Conference and they soon lost most of their mainland Levantia holdings. Trade in the Sea of Istroya dried up for around 50 years.

Estimates are that like the Kingdom of Gassavelia, the principalities that make up modern Burgundie lost upward of half of their total population, estimated to be around 16 million people. It shook the very fabric of the ~~merchantile~~ coast of the Kingdom of Dericania, plunging its rich cities into poverty, and forcing a massive migration from the urban ports to the countryside. It was not until the Great Confessional War one hundred years later that the port towns returned to anywhere neat the numbers that had been prior to the plague.

Estimates are that like the Kingdom of Gassavelia, the principalities that make up modern Burgundie lost upward of half of their total population, estimated to be around 16 million people. It shook the very fabric of the mercantile coast of the Kingdom of Dericania, plunging its rich cities into poverty, and forcing a massive migration from the urban ports to the countryside. It was not until the Great Confessional War one hundred years later that the port towns returned to anywhere neat the numbers that had been prior to the plague.

It saw a resurgence of the Church in society. Fiery sermons on the evil excesses of urban-internationalism rang throughout the land. A call of the return to the communal poverty of the times of Christ could be heard from every pulpit. Those who remained in the cities died in greater numbers, seemingly evidence of the Church's teachings. Societally there was a return of strong fiefdoms as peasants returned from the cities. However, they were freemen and a rise in tenancy occured in the era. While not ubiquitous it was more prevalent in the southern Kingdom of Dericania than in the central and northern parts of the kingdom.

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 Among the first, hardest, and recurrently hit parts of the Occidental world, modern Burgundie surffered four waves of the plague. At the time the country was part of the Kingdom of Gassavelia, Bishopric of Bonavix, Imperial Abbey of Costello, Vilauristre Conference, County of Bergendia, and the Bishopric of Mattiusvale. These disparate fiefdoms were still unparalleled in their connection to each other and their freedom of movement. When the trade cities of the Vilauristre Conference were infected it was only a matter of time before the remainder would soon fall. The spread of the plague turned many Levantines off to the concepts of international trade. This bankrupted the Vilauristre Conference and they soon lost most of their mainland Levantia holdings. Trade in the Sea of Istroya dried up for around 50 years.
-Estimates are that like the Kingdom of Gassavelia, the principalities that make up modern Burgundie lost upward of half of their total population, estimated to be around 16 million people. It shook the very fabric of the merchantile coast of the Kingdom of Dericania, plunging its rich cities into poverty, and forcing a massive migration from the urban ports to the countryside. It was not until the Great Confessional War one hundred years later that the port towns returned to anywhere neat the numbers that had been prior to the plague.
+Estimates are that like the Kingdom of Gassavelia, the principalities that make up modern Burgundie lost upward of half of their total population, estimated to be around 16 million people. It shook the very fabric of the mercantile coast of the Kingdom of Dericania, plunging its rich cities into poverty, and forcing a massive migration from the urban ports to the countryside. It was not until the Great Confessional War one hundred years later that the port towns returned to anywhere neat the numbers that had been prior to the plague.
 It saw a resurgence of the Church in society. Fiery sermons on the evil excesses of urban-internationalism rang throughout the land. A call of the return to the communal poverty of the times of Christ could be heard from every pulpit. Those who remained in the cities died in greater numbers, seemingly evidence of the Church's teachings. Societally there was a return of strong fiefdoms as peasants returned from the cities. However, they were freemen and a rise in tenancy occured in the era. While not ubiquitous it was more prevalent in the southern Kingdom of Dericania than in the central and northern parts of the kingdom.

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