The West “invented” fertility restriction in this century according to Nico Voigtländer and Joachim Voth, who posit a gendered reallocation toward the livestock sector. A James Belich book cites four “revisions” to standard accounts of an event in this century to explore the “world [it] made.” (-5[1])The failure of the English “seigneurial reaction” to an event in this century is contrasted with its success east of the Elbe in Robert Brenner’s (15[1])thesis. The Great Rumor and Great Rising in this century protested maximum wages imposed by a (15[1])(*) “Statute of Laborers.” (10[1])In The Great Leveler, (10[2])Walter (10[1])Scheidel argues (10[1])that a sustained decrease in inequality began in this century (10[2])after a Malthusian positive check that Pope Clement VI blamed on God’s (10[1])wrath. For 10 points, name this century when much of Europe perished (-5[1])in the Black Death. ■END■ (10[2])