The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century by William Rosen

The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century

William Rosen

10 hours, 45 minutes first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative medium-paced

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How a seven-year cycle of rain, cold, disease, and warfare created the worst famine in European history In May 1315, it started to rain. It didn’t stop anywhere in north Europe until August. Next came the four coldest winters in a millennium. Two ...

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