The Great Famine (jan 1, 1315 – dec 31, 1322)
Description:
Northern Europe | ICE/RAIN: torrential storms + everything froze over including rivers/crops → isolation/starvation | FAMINE: at time, seen as recurrence of ‘seven lean years’ that afflicted Egypt in Bible | ↑ PRICES (even in non-famine years): | Diseases kill livestock/weather kills crops → ↓ supply → ↑ prices | ALSO: ↑ prices → ↓ people buying/eating food + ↑ susceptibility to disease (esp kids/old) + ↓ energy/productivity/output workers → ↑ prices goodsAdded to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1315
dec 31, 1322
~ 8 years