IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 1314: Documenting Climate Variability and its Effect on Late Medieval Europe
Wednesday 9 July 2008, 16.30-18.00
| Organiser: | Dolores Jørgensen, University of Virginia / Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Trondheim |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Dolores Jørgensen, University of Virginia / Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Trondheim |
| Paper 1314-a | Climatic Variations and Impacts in Western and Central Europe, 1270-1400 (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Daily Life, Economics - General |
| Paper 1314-b | The Beginning of the Grain Harvest in Norfolk c.1270-1430 (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Daily Life, Economics - General |
| Paper 1314-c | Climatic Variations in the Low Countries during the 15th Century and their Impact on Economy and Society (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Daily Life, Economics - General |
| Abstract | The researchers in this session are part of the EU project Millennium, which is reconstructing Europe's climate for the last one thousand years. Because instrumental records do not exist for the Middle Ages, the project uses proxy sources, including both documentary and natural archives. The documentary sources relate climatic conditions to the lived experience of people providing a window into the social, economic, and human consequences of climatic changes. The session discusses the source material for climatic variations, including chronicles and manorial records, and proposes some specific reconstructions of climatic conditions in England and the Low Countries in the period. |