Projektnummer

0060744

Zusammenfassung

The Dantean Anomaly (1309-21) was a period of rapid climatic change regarded as the 'tipping point' of the Little Ice Age. From a perspective of climate history, certain underresearched regions in Italy, France and Central Europe offer an abundance of administrative and narrative sources. The aim is to reconstruct extreme meteorological events like torrential rain and their socio-economic impact, but also to clarify the vulnerability/resilience of societies. These depended largely on economic, cultural and political preconditions of the respective communities. A point of reference for ...