January 4, 2021· 46 min

What Happened to Europe's Economy After the Black Death

Orality
Model
69%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,523 words)
M:29%
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,465 words)
M:93%
GuestPatrick Wyman(5,432 words)
M:26%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic25%
literally, completely, extremely
Engagement55%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, right
Repetition100%
like (116x), it's (84x), they (70x)
Parallelism71%
And I'm Tracy Yahawe...., So we're recording this in mid..., So I think Europe, Germany jus...
Sound Patterns37%
34 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases7%
you know what, i mean, the thing is

Literate Indicators

Hedging6%
may, quite, fairly
Passive Voice5%
are called, are involved, is involved
Abstract Nouns18%
investment, recommendation, situation
Subordination7%
though, because, nonetheless
Sentence Length42%
Avg: 15.5 words/sentence
Word Complexity46%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style45%
504 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style99%
literally, completely, extremely

Description

It's been pointed out that, after the Black Death in Europe, real wages surged because there was such a shortage of labor in the aftermath. But what was the structure of the economy that allowed this transfer of power to workers in the first place? On this episode, we speak with Patrick Wyman, historian and the host of the Tides of History podcast, to get the real story of Europe's post-pandemic economy during the 1300s. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.