| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 253 pages) : maps, charts |
| Series |
Iberian encounter and exchange, 475-1755 ; vol. 6 |
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Iberian encounter and exchange, 475-1755 ; vol. 6.
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| Contents |
Intro -- COVER Front -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes to Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Measure of Production -- Notes to Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2: The Power of Distribution -- Notes to Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3: The Limits of Individual Access -- Notes to Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4: Two Shortages of Lesser Magnitude -- Notes to Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5: The Famine of 1374-75 -- Notes to Chapter 5 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"Details the social causes and responses to three events of varying magnitude that struck the western Mediterranean: the minor food shortage of 1372, the serious but short-lived crisis of 1384-85, and the major famine of 1374-76, the worst famine of the century in the region. Shifts in military action, international competition, and violent attempts to control trade routes created systemic panic and widespread starvation--which in turn influenced decades of economic policy, social practices, and even the course of geopolitical conflicts. Providing new insights into the intersecting factors that led to famine in the fourteenth-century Mediterranean, this deeply researched, convincingly argued book presents tools and models that are broadly applicable to any historical study of vulnerabilities in the human food supply. It will be of interest to scholars of medieval Iberia and the medieval Mediterranean as well as to historians of food and of economics"-- Back cover |
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"Recontextualizes late medieval famines using contemporary concepts of complex human disasters, vulnerability, and resilience"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 04, 2022) |
| Subject |
Famines -- Spain -- Aragon -- History -- To 1500
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Food supply -- Spain -- Aragon -- History -- To 1500
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Spain & Portugal.
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Famines.
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Food supply.
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Spain -- Aragon.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780271092102 |
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0271092106 |
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9780271092119 |
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0271092114 |
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