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The Third Horseman
William Rosen
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Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century
出版Penguin, 2014-05-15
主題History / Europe / MedievalHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Civilization
ISBN06981634949780698163492
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=hlM8AgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The incredible true story of how a cycle of rain, cold, disease, and warfare created the worst famine in European history—years before the Black Death, from the author of Justinian's Flea and the forthcoming Miracle Cure

In May 1315, it started to rain. For the seven disastrous years that followed, Europeans would be visited by a series of curses unseen since the third book of Exodus: floods, ice, failures of crops and cattle, and epidemics not just of disease, but of pike, sword, and spear. All told, six million lives—one-eighth of Europe’s total population—would be lost.

With a category-defying knowledge of science and history, William Rosen tells the stunning story of the oft-overlooked Great Famine with wit and drama and demonstrates what it all means for today’s discussions of climate change.