Название: Meteorological Disasters in Medieval Britain (AD 1000‒1500)
Автор: Peter James Brown
Издательство: De Gruyter
ISBN: 3110719576
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 293
Размер: 50,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

When high-magnitude meteorological hazards impact vulnerable human populations, disasters are the inevitable consequence. Through archaeological and historical evidence, this book investigates how these sudden and unpredictable events affected British medieval populations (AD 1000-1500). Medieval society understood disasters in a practical sense and took steps to minimise risk by constructing flood defences and reinforcing structures damaged by storms.