| The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century Contributor(s): Rosen, William (Author), Hughes, William (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1482988798 ISBN-13: 9781482988796 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Civilization |
| Dewey: 940.192 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.2" W x 5.7" (0.55 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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, 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rosen, William: - William Rosen, a former editor and publisher at Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, and the Free Press, is the author of Justinian's Flea and The Most Powerful Idea in the World. He lives in New Jersey. Hughes, William: -William Hughes is a professor of political science at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon. He received his doctorate in American politics from the University of California, Davis. He has done voice-over work for radio and film and is also an accomplished jazz guitarist. |