MMW 13 Chapter Reading: The Great Famine

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 13
• Professor: Dana Murillo

Document Summary

During the period of the famine, there were more deaths than during the black death. The bringers of famine in 1315: rain, war, god. There was a large and widespread famine from 1315-1322. It affected most of europe (a pop of 30 million) and was devastating. It may have been caused by a combination of crop failures and population stress. There is evidence suggesting that before the population plateaued around 1315, the production of crops and material goods was not enough to keep the standard of living up. Along with this, there was horrible weather for crops (brutally cold winters and really wet summers) which led to widespread crop failures. These factors combined with weather and possibly deaths of working animals would create the circumstances that would cause millions to starve for seven years. and less rain than anytime in the previous three centuries. On top of the horrible weather ruining the crops, there was warfare throughout the.