IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 711: Climate of the 15th Century, II: Weather by the Sea - Reality and Interpretations
Tuesday 6 July 2021, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń |
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| Organiser: | Piotr Oliński, Instytut Historii i Archiwistyki, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń |
| Moderator/Chair: | Andrea Kiss, Institut für Wasserbau und Ingenieurhydrologie, Technische Universität Wien / University of Szeged |
| Paper 711-a | Poland's Climate in the 15th-16th Centuries: State of the Art and a New Reconstruction (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Science |
| Paper 711-b | Weather Phenomena in the Interpretation of Chroniclers from Hanseatic Towns in the 15th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - German, Lay Piety, Mentalities |
| Paper 711-c | The Nature of Europe: Natural Conditions and Phenomena in a Humanistic Treatise De Europa (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Latin, Mentalities, Rhetoric |
| Abstract | The first paper presents a synthesis of available knowledge about the climate and climate change in Poland during the 15th and 16th centuries. The main focus is on thermal conditions, although some information about humidity (precipitation) conditions is also given. The aim of second paper is to analyse to what extent stylistic changes in the descriptions of weather phenomena resulted from cultural changes. The last paper aims to investigate the various descriptions of natural conditions and phenomena collected in the historical-geographical treatise De Europa by Enea Silvio Piccolomini. His observations and comments include short remarks on natural location and resources, extraordinary or supernatural stories involving weather, animals and plants, and the differences between civilised, barbaric, and wild regions. |