The Great Famine

Northern Europe in the Early Fourteenth Century

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William Chester Jordan

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The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe, lived on for centuries in the minds of Europeans who recalled tales of widespread hunger, class warfare, epidemic disease, frighteningly high mortality, and unspeakable crimes. This work offers a perspective of what daily life was actually like throughout the entire region devastated by this crisis and also looks at its causes. It is a comprehensive enquiry into the Famine from Ireland to West Poland, from Scandinavia to central France and western Germany. The author produces a cultural history of medieval community life, drawing his evidence from such sources as metereological and agricultural records, accounts kept by monastaries providing for the needy, and documentation of military campaigns.

Author Biography:

William Chester Jordan is Professor of History and Director of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University. Among his books are Louis IX and the Challenge of the Crusade: A Study in Rulership (Princeton), Women and Credit in Pre-Industrial and Develpoing Societies, and The French Monarchy and the Jews from Philip Augustus to the Last Capetians. He is the editor-in-chief of The Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia for Students.

Release date NZ

January 4th, 1998

Author

William Chester Jordan

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

3 Maps

Pages

328

Dimensions

152x229x20

ISBN-13

9780691058917

Product ID

3961781

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