Lots of serious historians disagree. There are whole books on the topic. Here's just one paper as an example https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of

Lots of serious historians disagree. There are whole books on the topic. Here's just one paper as an example https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-demographic-economics/article/abs/microbes-and-markets-was-the-black-death-an-economic-revolution/402E19EF500B743434DAC5ADAD01C608 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-demograph...