Medievalists.net » Great Famine of 1315–1317 http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Market Failure during the Great Famine in England and Wales (1315-7) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/29/market-failure-during-the-great-famine-in-england-and-wales-1315-7/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/29/market-failure-during-the-great-famine-in-england-and-wales-1315-7/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:52:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37598 While there can be little doubt that the floods of 1314-6 were the primary harbingers of the crisis, it is, perhaps, worth asking to what extent they were the only factors behind the hardship experienced between 1315 and 1317.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/29/market-failure-during-the-great-famine-in-england-and-wales-1315-7/feed/ 0 How Great Was the Great Famine of 1314-22: Between Ecology and Institutions http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/07/how-great-was-the-great-famine-of-1314-22-between-ecology-and-institutions/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/07/how-great-was-the-great-famine-of-1314-22-between-ecology-and-institutions/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2012 03:12:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35469 The first aspect to be examined is the extent of harvest failures within different crop sectors. The second issue is to what degree was the Great Famine of 1314-22 a subsistence crisis...My project is based on over 3,000 manorial and monastic accounts compiled between c.1310 and 1350.

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