IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 202: Hunger and Famine in Medieval Societies
Monday 7 July 2014, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Heidelberg Center for the Environment, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
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| Organiser: | Maximilian Schuh, Heidelberg Center for the Environment, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
| Moderator/Chair: | Torben Gebhardt, Historisches Seminar, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| Paper 202-a | The Sins of the Franks and the Treachery of the Greeks: Hunger and Disease in 12th-Century Crusade Chronicles (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Historiography - Medieval |
| Paper 202-b | Natural Impacts and Reactions of Society: The Great Famine in England, 1315-1322 (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Social History |
| Paper 202-c | Famine in the Hundred Years War: The Siege of Rouen in 1419 (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Military History |
| Abstract | Medieval societies were very vulnerable to hunger and famine. Climatic impacts as well as changing social and political conditions quickly resulted in catastrophes that affected many people. The session examines causes, courses, and consequences of famines in the high and late Middle Ages. Crusading armies in the 12th century, English society in the beginning of the 14th century, and the population of Rouen during the Hundred Years War were all hit by hunger and famine. Similarities and differences of these events are discussed to improve the general understanding of medieval famines. |