ISBN: 9780691058917

IIThe Economics and Demography of the Famine in Rural Society3Prices and Wages434The Cost-of-Living Crisis: Lords615The Cost-of-Living Crisis: Rustics876The Struggle for Survival108Pt. --… Altro …

IIThe Economics and Demography of the Famine in Rural Society3Prices and Wages434The Cost-of-Living Crisis: Lords615The Cost-of-Living Crisis: Rustics876The Struggle for Survival108Pt. --Choice "Ever since the publication of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, many readers have had a sneaking suspicion that the 14th century is uncannily similar to our own. The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   The Great Famine by William Chester Jordan The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe. This work provides a comprehensive inquiry into the Famine from Ireland to western Poland, from Scandinavia to central France and western Germany. FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe, lived on for centuries in the minds of Europeans who recalled tales of widespread hunger, class warfare, epidemic disease, frighteningly high mortality, and unspeakable crimes. This work offers a perspective of what daily life was actually like throughout the entire region devastated by this crisis and also looks at its causes. It is a comprehensive enquiry into the Famine from Ireland to West Poland, from Scandinavia to central France and western Germany. The author produces a cultural history of medieval community life, drawing his evidence from such sources as metereological and agricultural records, accounts kept by monastaries providing for the needy, and documentation of military campaigns. Notes Pestilence and War have had their historians. Famine now has its own with this brilliantly written masterpiece of historical anthropology. -- "Jacques Le Goff" Superb detective work, as all good historical research should be, it is well organized, fast moving, and above all else, persuasive. Jordan spins a horrifying tale, dealing, in turn, with the nature of the calamity and how it affected the nobility, peasants, and townfolk--starvation, disease, displacement, and death... Yes, this is true scholarship, but also a riveting tale as well. -- "The Virginia Quarterly Review" Back Cover "Pestilence and War have had their historians. Famine now has its own with this brilliantly written masterpiece of historical anthropology."--Jacques Le Goff "Superb detective work, as all good historical research should be, it is well organized, fast moving, and above all else, persuasive. Jordan spins a horrifying tale, dealing, in turn, with the nature of the calamity and how it affected the nobility, peasants, and townfolk--starvation, disease, displacement, and death.... Yes, this is true scholarship, but also a riveting tale as well."--The Virginia Quarterly Review Author Biography William Chester Jordan is Professor of History and Director of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University. Among his books are Louis IX and the Challenge of the Crusade: A Study in Rulership (Princeton), Women and Credit in Pre-Industrial and Develpoing Societies, and The French Monarchy and the Jews from Philip Augustus to the Last Capetians. He is the editor-in-chief of The Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia for Students. Table of Contents List of MapsAcknowledgmentsPrologue3Pt. IA Calamity "Unheard-of Among Living Men"1The Bringers of Famine in 1315: Rain, War, God72The Harvest Failures and Animal Murrains24Pt. IIThe Economics and Demography of the Famine in Rural Society3Prices and Wages434The Cost-of-Living Crisis: Lords615The Cost-of-Living Crisis: Rustics876The Struggle for Survival108Pt. IIITowns and Principalities7Urban Demography and Economy1278Coping in Towns1519The Policies of Princes167Epilogue182Notes189Bibliography261Index305 Review Winner of the 2000 Haskins Medal, Medieval Academy of America One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1996 "In this important new synthesis of the causes, course, and consequences of the Great Famine, Jordan offers a corrective to the view that after its initial crippling effects, famine continued to afflict Europe until the ultimate devastation of the Black Death... A richly detailed cultural history that considers significant regional variations and stresses the event's human dimension, including its manifold and different effects in rural and urban contexts and on people of differing age, status, and power... This will become the standard work on the subject."--Choice "Ever since the publication of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, many readers have had a sneaking suspicion that the 14th century is uncannily similar to our own. Anyone who takes up this book in hopes of finding a new Tuchman will find something better, though: a work of great depth written in a scholarly though engaging way... [T]he impressive scholarship ... deserves to be appreciated for its own merits. Among the many virtues of this readable work are the corrections of many common misperceptions of the Middle Ages and a bibliography that is extensive and impressive... "--Publishers Weekly "A richly detailed cultural history... This will become the standard work on the subject."--Choice "Anyone who takes up this book in hopes of finding a new Tuchman will find something better, though: a work of great depth written in a scholarly though engaging way."--Publishers Weekly Promotional Pestilence and War have had their historians. Famine now has its own with this brilliantly written masterpiece of historical anthropology. -- "Jacques Le Goff" Superb detective work, as all good historical research should be, it is well organized, fast moving, and above all else, persuasive. Jordan spins a horrifying tale, dealing, in turn, with the nature of the calamity and how it affected the nobility, peasants, and townfolk--starvation, disease, displacement, and death... Yes, this is true scholarship, but also a riveting tale as well. -- "The Virginia Quarterly Review" Prizes Runner-up for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 1996 Long Description The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe, lived on for centuries in the minds of Europeans who recalled tales of widespread hunger, class warfare, epidemic disease, frighteningly high mortality, and unspeakable crimes. This work offers a perspective of what daily life was actually like throughout the entire region devastated by this crisis and also looks at its causes. It is a comprehensive enquiry into the Famine from Ireland to West Poland, from Scandinavia to central France and western Germany. The author produces a cultural history of medieval community life, drawing his evidence from such sources as metereological and agricultural records, accounts kept by monastaries providing for the needy, and documentation of military campaigns. Review Quote Winner of the 2000 Haskins Medal, Medieval Academy of America One of Choice 's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1996 Details ISBN0691058911 Author William Chester Jordan Short Title GRT FAMINE Pages 328 Publisher Princeton University Press Language English ISBN-10 0691058911 ISBN-13 9780691058917 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Princeton University Press Subtitle Northern Europe in the Early Fourteenth Century Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Birth 1964 Residence NJ, US Translated from English Illustrations 3 Maps DOI 10.1604/9780691058917 UK Release Date 1998-01-04 NZ Release Date 1998-01-04 US Release Date 1998-01-04 Year 1998 Publication Date 1998-01-04 Alternative 9780691011349 DEWEY 940.192 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 1998-03-16 We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERYNo matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENTPeace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:137685826; , Neu, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], ISBN-13: 9780691058917, Book Title: The Great Famine, EAN: 9780691058917, Publication Year: 1998, Type: Textbook, Format: Paperback, Language: English, Publication Name: The Great Famine: Northern Europe in the Early Fourteenth Century, Item Height: 235mm, Item Width: 152mm, Subject: History, Item Weight: 482g, Number of Pages: 328 Pages, Princeton University Press<

1997, ISBN: 0691058911

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[EAN: 9780691058917], Neubuch, [PU: Princeton University Press], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe, lived on for centuries in the minds of Europeans who recalled tales of widespread hunger, class warfare, epidemic disease, frighteningly high mortality, and unspeakable crimes. Until now, no one has offered a perspective of what daily life was actually like throughout the entire region devastated by this crisis, nor has anyone probed far into its causes. Here, the distinguished historian William Jordan provides the first comprehensive inquiry into the Famine from Ireland to western Poland, from Scandinavia to central France and western Germany. He produces a rich cultural history of medieval community life, drawing his evidence from such sources as meteorological and agricultural records, accounts kept by monasteries providing for the needy, and documentation of military campaigns. Whereas there has been a tendency to describe the food shortages as a result of simply bad weather or else poor economic planning, Jordan sets the stage so that we see the complex interplay of social and environmental factors that caused this particular disaster and allowed it to continue for so long.Jordan begins with a description of medieval northern Europe at its demographic peak around 1300, by which time the region had achieved a sophisticated level of economic integration. He then looks at problems that, when combined with years of inundating rains and brutal winters, gnawed away at economic stability. From animal diseases and harvest failures to volatile prices, class antagonism, and distribution breakdowns brought on by constant war, northern Europeans felt helplessly besieged by acts of an angry God--although a cessation of war and a more equitable distribution of resources might have lessened the severity of the food shortages.Throughout Jordan interweaves vivid historical detail with a sharp analysis of why certain responses to the famine failed. He ultimately shows that while the northern European economy did recover quickly, the Great Famine ushered in a period of social instability that had serious repercussions for generations to come. 328 pp. Englisch, Books<

1997, ISBN: 9780691058917

Princeton University Press, Taschenbuch, 328 Seiten, Publiziert: 1997-12-15T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.06 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1526, Kurzgeschichten & Anthologien, Literatur & Fiktion… Altro …

Princeton University Press, Taschenbuch, 328 Seiten, Publiziert: 1997-12-15T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.06 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1526, Kurzgeschichten & Anthologien, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Allgemein, Europa, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Großbritannien, Mittelalter, Epochen, Princeton University Press, 1997<

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