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A comment on Pink Floyd inspired research into medieval monks and volcanology.

Re:Pink Floyd inspired research into medieval monks and volc... by kitd on Thursday April 06, 2023 @04:58AM (#35465945)
Interestingly, the impact of the Black Death in Europe in the 1300s was known to have been exacerbated by poor harvests caused by years of bad weather. I wonder if the lingering effects of those eruptions in the later 1200s played a part.
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Re:Pink Floyd inspired research into medieval monks and volc... by pif on Thursday April 06, 2023 @05:55AM (#35466326)
As far as I understand, the harvests were not much worse than "usual" bad harvests, but Europe was reaching its peak population, given the technology of the epoch, and a bad harvest had just a worse outcome than before.
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