The third horseman : climate change and the Great Famine of the 14th century
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Author
Published
New York : Viking, 2014.
ISBN
9780670025893 (hardback), 0670025895 (hardback)
Physical Desc
302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
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Cambridge - Adult | 940.192 Rosen | On Shelf |
Concord - Adult | 940.192 Rosen | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Viking, 2014.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780670025893 (hardback), 0670025895 (hardback)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-289) and index.
Description
"How a seven-year cycle of rain, cold, disease, and warfare created the worst famine in European history ... In May 1315, it started to rain. It didn't stop anywhere in north Europe until August. Next came the four coldest winters in a millennium. Two separate animal epidemics killed nearly 80 percent of northern Europe's livestock. Wars between Scotland and England, France and Flanders, and two rival claimants to the Holy Roman Empire destroyed all remaining farmland. After seven years, the combination of lost harvests, warfare, and pestilence would claim six million lives--one eighth of Europe's total population. William Rosen draws on a wide array of disciplines, from military history to feudal law to agricultural economics and climatology, to trace the succession of traumas that caused the Great Famine. With dramatic appearances by Scotland's William Wallace, and the luckless Edward II and his treacherous Queen Isabella, history's best documented episode of catastrophic climate change comes alive, with powerful implications for future calamities"--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Climate and civilization -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Epidemics -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Europe -- History -- 476-1492.
Europe -- History, Military.
Europe -- Social conditions -- To 1492.
Famines -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Harvesting -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
War and society -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Epidemics -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Europe -- History -- 476-1492.
Europe -- History, Military.
Europe -- Social conditions -- To 1492.
Famines -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Harvesting -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
War and society -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rosen, W. (2014). The third horseman: climate change and the Great Famine of the 14th century . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rosen, William, 1955-2016. 2014. The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rosen, William, 1955-2016. The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century Viking, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rosen, William. The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century Viking, 2014.
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