"Military history." . . "Guerre civile 17e siècle." . . "Climatic changes Social aspects History 17th century." . . "History" . . "Disasters History 17th century." . . "Climat Changements 17e siècle." . . "anno 1600-1699" . . "Disasters." . . "Oorlogvoering." . . "Crises." . . "Geschichte 1600-1700." . . "History, Modern." . . "History, Modern" . "historie" . . "Histoire militaire 17e siècle." . . "Kleine Eiszeit" . . "Révolutions 17e siècle." . . "Revolutions." . . "Katastrophe." . . "Histoire universelle 17e siècle." . . "Climatic changes Social aspects." . . "Civil war." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE Violence in Society." . . "Révolutions Histoire 17e siècle." . . "Epidemie" . . "Climat Changements Aspect social Histoire 17e siècle." . . "Military history 17th century." . . "Klimaatveranderingen." . . "Klimaänderung." . . "Klimaänderung" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Online-Publikation" . . . "Global crisis war, climate change and catastrophe in the seventeenth century" . . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . . "\"Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides - the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented, they were agonizingly widespread. A global crisis extended from England to Japan, and from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan Africa. North and South America, too, suffered turbulence. The distinguished historian Geoffrey Parker examines first-hand accounts of men and women throughout the world describing what they saw and suffered during a sequence of political, economic and social crises that stretched from 1618 to the 1680s. Parker also deploys scientific evidence concerning climate conditions of the period, and his use of 'natural' as well as 'human' archives transforms our understanding of the World Crisis. Changes in the prevailing weather patterns during the 1640s and 1650s - longer and harsher winters, and cooler and wetter summers - disrupted growing seasons, causing dearth, malnutrition, and disease, along with more deaths and fewer births. Some contemporaries estimated that one-third of the global population died, and much of the surviving historical evidence supports their pessimism. Parker's demonstration of the link between climate change and worldwide catastrophe 350 years ago stands as an extraordinary important historical achievement. The implications of his study for the present day are equally important: are we at all prepared today for the catastrophes that climate change could bring tomorrow?\"--Book jacket."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides - the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented, they were agonizingly widespread. A global crisis extended from England to Japan, and from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan Africa. North and South America, too, suffered turbulence. The distinguished historian Geoffrey Parker examines first-hand accounts of men and women throughout the world describing what they saw and suffered during a sequence of political, economic and social crises that stretched from 1618 to the 1680s. Parker also deploys scientific evidence concerning climate conditions of the period, and his use of 'natural' as well as 'human' archives transforms our understanding of the World Crisis. Changes in the prevailing weather patterns during the 1640s and 1650s - longer and harsher winters, and cooler and wetter summers - disrupted growing seasons, causing dearth, malnutrition, and disease, along with more deaths and fewer births. Some contemporaries estimated that one-third of the global population died, and much of the surviving historical evidence supports their pessimism. Parker's demonstration of the link between climate change and worldwide catastrophe 350 years ago stands as an extraordinary important historical achievement. The implications of his study for the present day are equally important: are we at all prepared today for the catastrophes that climate change could bring tomorrow?" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Global crisis : war, climate and catastrophe in the seventeenth century" . . . . . . "Global Crisis : war, climate change and catastrophe in the seventeenth century" . . . . . "\"Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides - the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented, they were agonizingly widespread. A global crisis extended from England to Japan, and from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan Africa. North and South America, too, suffered turbulence. The distinguished historian Geoffrey Parker examines first-hand accounts of men and women throughout the world describing what they saw and suffered during a sequence of political, economic and social crises that stretched from 1618 to the 1680s. Parker also deploys scientific evidence concerning climate conditions of the period, and his use of 'natural' as well as 'human' archives transforms our understanding of the World Crisis. Changes in the prevailing weather patterns during the 1640s and 1650s - longer and harsher winters, and cooler and wetter summers - disrupted growing seasons, causing dearth, malnutrition, and disease, along with more deaths and fewer births. Some contemporaries estimated that one-third of the global population died, and much of the surviving historical evidence supports their pessimism. Parker's demonstration of the link between climate change and worldwide catastrophe 350 years ago stands as an extraordinary important historical achievement. The implications of his study for the present day are equally important: are we at all prepared today for the catastrophes that climate change could bring tomorrow?\"--Jacket." . . . . . "Global crisis : war, climate change and catastrophe in the seventeenth century" . "Global crisis : war, climate change and catastrophe in the seventeenth century"@en . "How to account for decades of worldwide war revolution and human suffering in the seventeenth century? A master historian uncovers the disturbing answer." . . . . . . . "Human ecology" . . "Human ecology." . "Natuurrampen." . . "Histoire 17e siècle." . . "Catastrophes Histoire 17e siècle." . . "Civil war History 17th century." . . "Climatic changes History 17th century." . . "Hungersnot" . . "Natural disasters History 17th century." . . "1600 - 1699" . . "Climatic changes" . . "Climatic changes." . "Military history, Modern 17th century." . . "History, Modern 17th century." . . "Natural disasters" . . "Natural disasters." . 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