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The Great Famine of 1315–1317 (occasionally dated 1315–1322) was the first of a series of large-scale crises that struck parts of Europe early in the 14th century. Most of Europe (extending east to Poland and south to the Alps) was affected. [ 1 ]
The Great Famine of 1315–1317 and the Black Death of 1347–1351 potentially reduced the European population by half or more as the Medieval Warm Period came to a close and the first century of the Little Ice Age began. It took until 1500 for the European population to regain the levels of 1300. [2]
1315–1317 or 1322: Great Famine of 1315–1317: Europe [37] 7,500,000: ... Great Famine of Estonia killed about a fifth of Estonian and Livonian population ...
The Great Famine of 1315–1317 comes to an end. Crop harvests return to normal – but it will be another five years before food supplies are completely replenished in Northern Europe. Simultaneously, the people are so weakened by diseases such as pneumonia, bronchitis, and tuberculosis. Historians debate the toll, but it is estimated that 10 ...
The colder climate resulted in agricultural crises, the first of which is known as the Great Famine of 1315–1317. [68] The demographic consequences of this famine, however, were not as severe as the plagues that occurred later in the century, particularly the Black Death. [69]
William Chester Jordan (born April 7, 1948) is an American medievalist who serves as the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University; he is a recipient of the Haskins Medal for his work concerning the Great Famine of 1315–1317. He is also a former director of the Program in Medieval Studies at Princeton.
Chinese famine of 1333–1337; G. Great Famine of 1315–1317 This page was last edited on 2 October 2024, at 19:42 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Great Famine of 1315–1317; Great Famine of 1695–1697; Ukraine ... Other uses. The Great Famine, a 2011 documentary about the Russian famine of 1921;