IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 1202: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, III: Famine
Wednesday 9 July 2008, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | English Heritage |
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Organiser: | Barney Sloane, English Heritage, London |
Moderator/Chair: | Barney Sloane, English Heritage, London |
Paper 1202-a | Famines in the Medieval London Literature (Language: English) |
Paper 1202-b | A Probable Famine Cemetery in London: St Mary Spital (Language: English) |
Paper 1202-c | The Victims of Famine in 13th-Century London (Language: English) |
Abstract | _And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. Failure of harvests and scarcity of food was a constant worry to an agrarian society, and notable shortages are identified in English historical sources from the 13th century. Now some surprising archaeological evidence allows us to understand for the first time the real impact of such events in 13th-century London |