1315 : il pleut sans fin — pourquoi le pain disparaît
histoires médiévales
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00:00 When the field floods: the beginning of a year of famine
06:00 Spring: what was left in the granary after the last harvest
12:01 Spring and famine: the months before the new harvest
17:59 The summer that did not bring salvation
23:50 Autumn: what was used as a substitute for bread when grain was insufficient
30:45 Autumn provisions: how to preserve what was still left
36:45 Winter: when the family began to devour itself
43:02 Who had a right to salvation: the community, the church, and the lord's granary
49:25 The price of bread: market, debt, and the limits of survival
56:23 When hunger became disease
1:02:37 Why some villages survived: diversity rather than a single harvest
1:09:38 Medieval famine without myths: what really saved people
In 1315, the fields of Flanders didn't lack water: they received too much. How could such a fertile countryside become the scene of a famine that struck much of Northern and Western Europe?
In this video, you will discover:
why the incessant rains destroyed the harvests from 1315 to 1317;
how each stage of the agricultural year depended on the previous one;
why grain had to be divided between bread, seeds, animals, and dues;
how the famine forced families to sell their livestock, tools, or land;
why reserves, mutual aid, and access to markets determined the chances of survival;
how this crisis reveals both the strength and the fragility of the medieval peasant economy.
This video draws on medieval accounts and historical works devoted to the Great Famine of 1315-1317. The reconstruction of the crisis's mechanisms is based on documented facts, while certain details serve to make peasant realities more concrete.
Anonymous — "Annales Gandenses"
Anonymous — "Vita Edwardi Secundi"
William C. Jordan — "The Great Famine"
Henry S. Lucas — "The Great European Famine of 1315, 1316, and 1317"
Bruce M. S. Campbell — "The Great Transition"
#MiddleAges #GreatFamine #MedievalHistory #PeasantLife #History
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1315 : il pleut sans fin — pourquoi le pain disparaît
histoires médiévales
190 views
00:00 When the field floods: the beginning of a year of famine
06:00 Spring: what was left in the granary after the last harvest
12:01 Spring and famine: the months before the new harvest
17:59 The summer that did not bring salvation
23:50 Autumn: what was used as a substitute for bread when grain was insufficient
30:45 Autumn provisions: how to preserve what was still left
36:45 Winter: when the family began to devour itself
43:02 Who had a right to salvation: the community, the church, and the lord's granary
49:25 The price of bread: market, debt, and the limits of survival
56:23 When hunger became disease
1:02:37 Why some villages survived: diversity rather than a single harvest
1:09:38 Medieval famine without myths: what really saved people
In 1315, the fields of Flanders didn't lack water: they received too much. How could such a fertile countryside become the scene of a famine that struck much of Northern and Western Europe?
In this video, you will discover:
why the incessant rains destroyed the harvests from 1315 to 1317;
how each stage of the agricultural year depended on the previous one;
why grain had to be divided between bread, seeds, animals, and dues;
how the famine forced families to sell their livestock, tools, or land;
why reserves, mutual aid, and access to markets determined the chances of survival;
how this crisis reveals both the strength and the fragility of the medieval peasant economy.
This video draws on medieval accounts and historical works devoted to the Great Famine of 1315-1317. The reconstruction of the crisis's mechanisms is based on documented facts, while certain details serve to make peasant realities more concrete.
Anonymous — "Annales Gandenses"
Anonymous — "Vita Edwardi Secundi"
William C. Jordan — "The Great Famine"
Henry S. Lucas — "The Great European Famine of 1315, 1316, and 1317"
Bruce M. S. Campbell — "The Great Transition"
#MiddleAges #GreatFamine #MedievalHistory #PeasantLife #History
Subscribe to discover other documentary accounts of daily life in the Middle Ages, without romanticization or myths.