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Droughts in medieval and early modern England, part 1: The evidence
Author(s) -
Pribyl Kathleen,
Cornes Richard C.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
weather
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.467
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1477-8696
pISSN - 0043-1656
DOI - 10.1002/wea.3599
Subject(s) - documentary evidence , period (music) , climatology , new england , geography , natural (archaeology) , climate change , winter season , history , archaeology , political science , oceanography , art , geology , law , politics , aesthetics
The extreme conditions of the summer season in 2018 in England gave rise to comparisons with earlier drought events. Using the information provided by documentary records, such as chronicles, accounts and diaries, this paper investigates extreme summer droughts in the period 1200–1700, and their impacts under the conditions of natural climate variability and before the provision of modern infrastructure.