The Role Of Money In The Black Plague

Throughout the black plague there had been a long war with France, because war costs money it usually came from the peasants through taxes that they had to pay.
In 1380, Richard II introduced a new tax which was called the tax poll, this made everyone pay which made everyone on the tax register pay 12p.
This was a great deal of money for the peasants, as they had every little and the church and government already has most of their money and belongings.
If the peasants could not pay cash then they would pay in any kind, whether it was seeds, tools or anything that could be vital for survival .