00:00 When the Field Sinks: The Beginning of the Hungry Year
06:00 Spring: What's Left in the Granary After the Last Harvest
12:01 Spring and the Hungry Gap: Months Until the New Harvest
17:59 A Summer That Brought No Rescue
23:50 Autumn: What Replaced Bread When the Grain Didn't Save It
30:45 Autumn Supplies: How to Preserve What's Left
36:45 Winter: When the Family Began to Eat Itself
43:02 Who Had the Right to Rescue: The Community, the Church, and the Lord's Granary
49:25 The Price of Bread: The Market, Debt, and the Limits of Survival
56:23 When Hunger Became a Disease
1:02:37 Why Some Villages Survived: Diversity Instead of a Single Harvest
1:09:38 Medieval Famine Without Myths: What Really Saved People

In the spring of 1315, the fertile fields of Flanders didn't dry up—they turned into Mud. How was it possible that a land full of crops couldn't sustain people?

You'll learn why excess rain could be as devastating as drought.
You'll see how one unsuccessful season affected grain, animals, and future crops.
You'll learn about the difficult choices peasant households made: what to keep and what to sell or eat.
We'll explain why owning a field didn't necessarily mean having food.
You'll see how supplies, diverse crops, neighborly support, and access to markets increased the chances of survival.

The material is based on medieval chronicles and historians' research. Further explanations interpret the actual events, economic, and social conditions of the Great Famine in Northern Europe.

Anonymous — "Annales Gandenses"
Anonymous — "Vita Edwardi Secundi"
William Chester Jordan — "The Great Famine: Northern Europe in the Early Fourteenth Century"
Bruce M. S. Campbell — "The Great Transition: Climate, Disease, and Society in the Late-Medieval World"

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