Medievalists.net » Natural Disasters http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Struggle is Real: Where are the Medieval Economists?! http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/21/the-struggle-is-real-where-are-the-medieval-economists/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/21/the-struggle-is-real-where-are-the-medieval-economists/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2015 02:02:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62687 Another fascinating paper from "Making the Medieval Relevant" was given by Daniel Curtis, a specialist in Social and Economic History, and a professor at the University of Utrecht.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/21/the-struggle-is-real-where-are-the-medieval-economists/feed/ 0 Medieval Lisbon: Castelo de São Jorge http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/10/medieval-lisbon-castelo-de-sao-jorge/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/10/medieval-lisbon-castelo-de-sao-jorge/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2015 16:07:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61688 Above Lisbon’s skyline of colourful tiled houses and red roofs lies Castelo de São Jorge, a dominating, but beautiful, 11th century fortress in the heart of this vibrant city...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/10/medieval-lisbon-castelo-de-sao-jorge/feed/ 0 The Great Wind of 1362 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/08/great-wind-1362/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/08/great-wind-1362/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2015 05:32:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55978 Some of the most vivid accounts we have from the Middle Ages are those that detail calamities and natural disasters. Such was the case when a massive winter storm struck northwestern Europe on January 15, 1362. In England this event would be called 'The Great Wind'.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/08/great-wind-1362/feed/ 0 Banditry and the Clash of Powers in 14th-Century Thrace: Momcilo and his Fragmented Memory http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/banditry-clash-powers-14th-century-thrace-momcilo-fragmented-memory/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/banditry-clash-powers-14th-century-thrace-momcilo-fragmented-memory/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2014 01:54:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52418 In the 14th century, a time of civil wars, religious and dynastic strifes, epidemics, natural disasters and miserable living conditions for the wider strata in the cities and the countryside that increased migratory movements, banditry, an indigenous phenomenon in the Balkan mountainous regions, intermingled with the intensified political struggles.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/banditry-clash-powers-14th-century-thrace-momcilo-fragmented-memory/feed/ 0 First historical evidence of a significant Mt. Etna eruption in 1224 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/25/first-historical-evidence-significant-mt-etna-eruption-1224/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/25/first-historical-evidence-significant-mt-etna-eruption-1224/#comments Mon, 26 May 2014 03:33:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49867 The 1224 Mt. Etna eruption is a significant event both in terms of the mass of erupted materials and because it involved the lower eastern slope of the volcano, reaching down to the sea.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/25/first-historical-evidence-significant-mt-etna-eruption-1224/feed/ 0 Environmental Effects in the Agriculture of Medieval Egypt http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/20/environmental-effects-in-the-agriculture-of-medieval-egypt/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/20/environmental-effects-in-the-agriculture-of-medieval-egypt/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2014 23:37:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46835 Agriculture has been the main source of the economy for all dynasties established in Egypt and the Mamluk kingdom was no exception.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/20/environmental-effects-in-the-agriculture-of-medieval-egypt/feed/ 0 Floods and weather in 1342 and 1343 in the Carpathian Basin http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/15/floods-and-weather-in-1342-and-1343-in-the-carpathian-basin/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/15/floods-and-weather-in-1342-and-1343-in-the-carpathian-basin/#comments Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:41:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46698 Concerning weather, weather-related extremes and catastrophic consequences, 1342 was an extraordinary year in most parts of Central Europe, even in such an extraordinary decade as the 1340s. Accounting with the seven flood events (including one Danube flood) mainly of great magnitude, at present 1342 is the most important known flood year of medieval Hungary.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/15/floods-and-weather-in-1342-and-1343-in-the-carpathian-basin/feed/ 0 Into the frontier: medieval land reclamation and the creation of new societies. Comparing Holland and the Po Valley, 800-1500 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/29/into-the-frontier-medieval-land-reclamation-and-the-creation-of-new-societies-comparing-holland-and-the-po-valley-800-1500/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/29/into-the-frontier-medieval-land-reclamation-and-the-creation-of-new-societies-comparing-holland-and-the-po-valley-800-1500/#comments Sun, 29 Sep 2013 09:15:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43938 In the paper it is shown that medieval land reclamation led to the emergence of two very divergent societies, characterised by a number of different configurations; (a) power and property structure, (b) modes of exploitation, (c) economic portfolios, and (d) commodity markets.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/29/into-the-frontier-medieval-land-reclamation-and-the-creation-of-new-societies-comparing-holland-and-the-po-valley-800-1500/feed/ 0 Islamic Attitudes to Disasters in the Middle Ages: A Comparison of Earthquakes and Plagues http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/09/islamic-attitudes-to-disasters-in-the-middle-ages-a-comparison-of-earthquakes-and-plagues/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/09/islamic-attitudes-to-disasters-in-the-middle-ages-a-comparison-of-earthquakes-and-plagues/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2012 22:44:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35532 By comparing two natural disasters, earthquakes and epidemics, in particular the plague, this article tries to reconstruct general features of debates around disasters in medieval Islam.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/09/islamic-attitudes-to-disasters-in-the-middle-ages-a-comparison-of-earthquakes-and-plagues/feed/ 0 Volcano blast led to thousands of deaths in London in 1258, archaeologists find http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/05/volcano-blast-led-to-thousands-of-deaths-in-london-in-1258-archaeologists-find/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/05/volcano-blast-led-to-thousands-of-deaths-in-london-in-1258-archaeologists-find/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:37:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34476 A report to be released tomorrow by the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) will reveal that a mass burial on the site of the Augustinian priory and hospital of St Mary Spital had thousands of victims from a famine that occurred in 1258.

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