IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 811: Climate of the 15th Century, III: Economic and Social Impact
Tuesday 6 July 2021, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Climate Reconstruction & Impacts from the Archives of Societies (CRIAS) / Past Global Changes Working Group (PAGES) |
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| Organiser: | Chantal Camenisch, Historisches Institut, Universität Bern |
| Moderator/Chair: | Maximilian Schuh, Historisches Seminar, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
| Paper 811-a | How to Quantify Climatic Impact on Human Calamities?: Examples from Medieval Livonia (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Demography, Economics - Rural, Economics - Urban |
| Paper 811-b | Natural Disasters and Crises in Silesian Medieval Chronicles (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - General, Historiography - Medieval, Social History |
| Paper 811-c | The Climate of the 1430s and Its Impact on the Society of Western Switzerland (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Urban, Local History |
| Paper 811-d | Climate-Related Price Changes of Salt and Wax in the Hanseatic Area, Especially in the Baltic Sea Region, during the 1430s (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Trade, Economics - Urban |
| Abstract | The session series addresses the importance of the study of weather and climate for the history of late medieval Europe. This session discusses the societal and economic impacts of weather and changing climatic conditions, focusing on the 15th century. Theoretical concepts of the entanglement of climate and society are part of the papers as well as local perspectives of climate-related subsistence crises and particular goods. Special attention is paid to Livonia, Central and Eastern Europe, Western Switzerland and to wax, salt, and grain prices. The results are part of an up-coming edited volume on the climate of the 15th century. |