Essays on Medieval Warm Period

The Great Famine was a crisis that caused the death of millions. It occurred in the 14th century in Europe, and it marked the end of a prosperous age. It is widely believed that the Great Famine was triggered by a spate of bad weather. The Medieval Warm Period was over without forecast. Subsequently, the European society plunged into squalor and crime. Some people resorted to cannibalism in desperation. The summer harvest of 1317 marked the end of the Great Famine, but it did not take Europe any earlier than 1322 to recover fully (Homewood). At the start of ...

Introduction

Brian Fagan is a well-known anthropologist who has written books regarding climate change in the world. One of the books that primarily concentrate on the climate change during the medieval period is the Great Warming climate change and the rise and fall of civilization. The book looks at the medieval warm period between 800 CE AND 1300 CE (Fagan, 2009). The medieval warm period has been used by many people to explain how the climate changes occurring in the world today is a part of the natural life cycle. People have often used the changes as a proof of climate change that ...

LESSON 4.2

LESSON 4.3 Fagan’s book makes a unique contribution towards understanding of climate change. He provides unique information on the topic of climate change by helping historians to understand what happened in the period between ten and thirteenth century (Fagan, 2009). According to Fagan, climate has transformed human societies either for good or for worse over the years. The irregular warming that took place between 800 and 1250 had beneficial effects to the north Atlantic and Europe, but resulted to prolonged drought in the large part of America (Fagan, 2009). Fagan was able to use the data that climatologists ...

Fagan, Brian. The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850. 1st ed. New York: Basic Books, 2001. Print. In The Little Ice Age, Brian Fagan, who an archeology professor at the University of California, argues that a chill was developed by the climate of the Earth, eight centuries ago, and it sent “rippling” effects through Europe over 500 significant years of history. Those events are deeply important because they helped shape the modern world, but are easily ignored in terms of the unparalleled global warming today. However, at the same time, an example is provided by them while ...