Floods and Long-Term Water-Level Changes in Medieval Hungary

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kiss, Andrea (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Springer Water,
• Θέματα: History.; Hydrology.; Natural disasters.; Climate change.; Physical geography.; History, general.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Natural Hazards.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Physical Geography.

The book provides an overview of the floods and major hydrological changes that occurred in the medieval Hungarian kingdom (covering the majority of the Carpathian Basin) between 1000 and 1500 AD. The analysis was based on contemporary documentary evidence presented for the first time and the result...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: floods and water-level fluctuations in medieval (Central-)Europe
• An environmental background: floods, modern hydrology and medieval environment
• Long-term hydrological changes based on sedimentary and archaeological evidence
• Documentary sources and methodology
• Catalogue of floods in medieval Hungary 1001-1500: analysis of individual flood reports
• Floods in medieval Hungary: general analysis, comparisons and conclusions.