Farming, Famine and Plague The Impact of Climate in Late Medieval England /

This book is situated at the cross-roads of environmental, agricultural and economic history and climate science. It investigates the climatic background for the two most significant risk factors for life in the crisis-prone England of the Later Middle Ages: subsistence crisis and plague. Based on d...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Pribyl, Kathleen (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Chapter 1. The Historical Climatology of late Medieval England
  • Chapter 2. The Keeping of Agricultural Records in late Medieval England
  • Chapter 3. The Medieval Grain Harvest
  • Chapter 4. Farming in Norfolk Around 1800
  • Chapter 5. A Reconstruction of Medieval April to July Temperatures for East Anglia
  • Chapter 6. Temperature Extremes 1256-1431: Independent Evidence and Context
  • Chapter 7. Harvest Length – An Indicator of late Summer Precipitation
  • Chapter 8. Harvest Length and Precipitation Extremes 1256-1448: Independent Evidence and Context
  • Chapter 9. Climate and the Grain Price, 1264-1431
  • Chapter 10. Climate and the Plague, 1348-1500
  • Chapter 11. The Dance of Death – A Synthesis.