HISTORY 2HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Extreme Weather, Malnutrition, Olive Oil
12 Dec 2020
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Apocalypticism: historical debate of the little ice age, shaped the framework of this lecture, looks at broad observations made by historians and other scholars on the political and economic impact of the little ice age, sam white. One of the most recent historians to weigh in on the debate: vigorous scholar debate began in 1960s. Featured in a series of articles called past and present. Discussed and debated signs of serious disruption in europe. Special eye on the changes in the environment of europe. Pointed to signs of widespread catastrophe (e. g. , famine, crop failure, dramatic weather, political/social/religious disorders) Witch craze swept europe and led to legal prosecution and execution of supposed witches. Protestant reformation divided much of europe and impacted even the eastern regions of the mediterranean. Battle and that this was part of the disorder predicted in the bible: so many signs of disorder in this era.
