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Climatic Variability in Sixteenth Century Europe and its Social Dimension
. Ed(S): Pfister, Christian; Brazdil, Rudolf; Glaser, Rudiger
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Hardback. A multidecadal cooling is known to have occurred in Europe in the final decades of the sixteenth-century. It is open to debate as to what might have caused the underlying shifts in atmospheric circulation and how these changes affected societies. This book argues that witches at that time were burnt as scapegoats for climatic change. Editor(s): Pfister, Christian; Brazdil, Rudolf; Glaser, Rudiger. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1510.
A multidecadal cooling is known to have occurred in Europe in the final decades of the sixteenth-century. It is still open to debate as to what might have caused the underlying shifts in atmospheric circulation and how these changes affected societies. This book is the fruit of interdisciplinary cooperation among 37 scientists including climatologists, hydrologists, glaciologists, dendroclimatologists, and economic and cultural historians. The known documentary climatic evidence from six European countries is compared to results of tree-ring studies. Seasonal temperature and precipitation are estimated from this data and monthly mean surface ... Read more
A multidecadal cooling is known to have occurred in Europe in the final decades of the sixteenth-century. It is still open to debate as to what might have caused the underlying shifts in atmospheric circulation and how these changes affected societies. This book is the fruit of interdisciplinary cooperation among 37 scientists including climatologists, hydrologists, glaciologists, dendroclimatologists, and economic and cultural historians. The known documentary climatic evidence from six European countries is compared to results of tree-ring studies. Seasonal temperature and precipitation are estimated from this data and monthly mean surface ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792359340
SKU
V9780792359340
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