Chapter Social Inequalities and the Great Famine in the County of Flanders (1315-7)
The Great Famine of 1315-7 is one of the key moments in the social and economic history of Northern Europe during the late Middle Ages. The adverse weather conditions of 1315-6 combined with high demographic pressures resulted in extreme poverty, famine and ultimately crisis mortality. In this paper...
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| author | Speecke, Mathijs Lambrecht, Thijs |
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| description | The Great Famine of 1315-7 is one of the key moments in the social and economic history of Northern Europe during the late Middle Ages. The adverse weather conditions of 1315-6 combined with high demographic pressures resulted in extreme poverty, famine and ultimately crisis mortality. In this paper we focus on the impact of these events in the Low Countries and the county of Flanders in particular. The aim of our paper is twofold. In the first part, we present new data about the effects of the adverse weather conditions of 1315 on agricultural output and food prices. Our data indicate that Flanders was particularly vulnerable to food shortages and famine due to its reliance on grain import from neighbouring regions. The second part focuses on the socially differentiated impact of the famine. Whereas large farms were able to secure enormous profits due to high food prices, smallholders were forced to sell their holdings to survive. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1633002025-08-02T05:01:14Z Chapter Social Inequalities and the Great Famine in the County of Flanders (1315-7) Speecke, Mathijs Lambrecht, Thijs Middle Ages 14th century Flanders peasants Great Famine inequality The Great Famine of 1315-7 is one of the key moments in the social and economic history of Northern Europe during the late Middle Ages. The adverse weather conditions of 1315-6 combined with high demographic pressures resulted in extreme poverty, famine and ultimately crisis mortality. In this paper we focus on the impact of these events in the Low Countries and the county of Flanders in particular. The aim of our paper is twofold. In the first part, we present new data about the effects of the adverse weather conditions of 1315 on agricultural output and food prices. Our data indicate that Flanders was particularly vulnerable to food shortages and famine due to its reliance on grain import from neighbouring regions. The second part focuses on the socially differentiated impact of the famine. Whereas large farms were able to secure enormous profits due to high food prices, smallholders were forced to sell their holdings to survive. 2025-08-02T05:01:13Z 2025-08-02T05:01:13Z 2025-08-01T15:53:47Z 2025 chapter ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221507058_221 2704-6079 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104771 9791221507058 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163300 eng Reti Medievali E-Book open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104771/1/44817.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0705-8.12 10.36253/979-12-215-0705-8.12 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221507058 25 Florence open access |
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| title | Chapter Social Inequalities and the Great Famine in the County of Flanders (1315-7) |
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| title_short | Chapter Social Inequalities and the Great Famine in the County of Flanders (1315-7) |
| title_sort | chapter social inequalities and the great famine in the county of flanders 1315 7 |
| topic | Middle Ages 14th century Flanders peasants Great Famine inequality |
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