IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1318: Changing Climates, Shifting Borders, II
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, Trinity College Dublin |
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| Organiser: | Jonathan Mehaffey, Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, Trinity College Dublin |
| Moderator/Chair: | Tenaya Jorgensen, Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, Trinity College Dublin |
| Paper 1318-a | The Impact of Climate and Environmental Change upon Diplomatic and Trade Boundaries in the North-Eastern Atlantic Region in the 13th and 14th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Trade, Geography and Settlement Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1318-b | 'Piedra, aguaducho y sequa' ('Hail, floods, and droughts'): The Little Ice Age in the Comunidad de Aldeas de Daroca (Aragon, Spain) in the First Half of the 15th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Daily Life, Economics - General, Geography and Settlement Studies |
| Abstract | The environment has always been a fundamental element of physical borders and abstract boundaries. The medieval period in particular was a time of great movement and expansion, as well as centralisation and unification. It is the purpose of this session to investigate the role that climate and environment played on borders and boundaries, and we seek to explore the idea of new climate frontiers. This includes how climate change gave rise to new 'frontiers' within the same region, how individuals and groups adapted - or failed to adapt - to these environmental changes, and how political borders responded to changes in climate. |