The Great European Famine: The First Catastrophe of the 14th Century

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The Great European Famine of 1315, 1316 and 1317By Henry S. Lucas:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2848143

HOW GREAT WAS THE GREAT FAMINE OF 1314-22: BETWEEN ECOLOGY AND INSTITUTIONS:
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The Great Famine: Northern Europe in the Early Fourteenth Century: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7s2...

A quantitative hydroclimatic context for the European Great Famine of 1315–1317:
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Climate change and the population collapse during the “Great Famine” in pre-industrial Europe:
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