Shortage and Famine in the Late Medieval Crown of Aragon: Vulnerability and Resilience in the Late-Medieval Crown of Aragon (Iberian Encounter and Exchange, 475–1755 Book 6)

In the late fourteenth century, the medieval Crown of Aragon experienced a series of food crises that created conflict and led to widespread starvation. Adam Franklin-Lyons applies contemporary understandings of complex human disasters, vulnerability, and resilience to explain how these famines occurred and to describe more accurately who suffered and why. __Shortage and Famine in the Late Medieval Crown of Aragon__ details the social causes and responses to three events of varying magnitude that struck the western Mediterranean: the minor food shortage of 1372, the serious but short-lived crisis of 1384–85, and the major famine of 1374–76, the worst famine of the century in the region. Shifts in military action, international competition, and violent attempts to control trade routes created systemic panic and widespread starvation—which in turn influenced decades of economic policy, social practices, and even the course of geopolitical conflicts, such as the War of the Two Pedros and the papal schism in Italy. Providing new insights into the intersecting factors that led to famine in the fourteenth-century Mediterranean, this deeply researched, convincingly argued book presents tools and models that are broadly applicable to any historical study of vulnerabilities in the human food supply. It will be of interest to scholars of medieval Iberia and the medieval Mediterranean as well as to historians of food and of economics.

In the late fourteenth century, the medieval Crown of Aragonexperienced a series of food crises that created conflict and ledto widespread starvation. Adam Franklin-Lyons applies contemporaryunderstandings of complex human disasters, vulnerability, andresilience to explain how these famines occurred and to describemore accurately who suffered and why.

Shortage and Famine in the Late Medieval Crown ofAragon details the social causes and responses to three eventsof varying magnitude that struck the western Mediterranean: theminor food shortage of 1372, the serious but short-lived crisis of1384-85, and the major famine of 1374-76, the worst famine of thecentury in the region. Shifts in military action, internationalcompetition, and violent attempts to control trade routes createdsystemic panic and widespread starvation-which in turn influenceddecades of economic policy, social practices, and even the courseof geopolitical conflicts, such as the War of the Two Pedros andthe papal schism in Italy.

Providing new insights into the intersecting factors that led tofamine in the fourteenth-century Mediterranean, this deeplyresearched, convincingly argued book presents tools and models thatare broadly applicable to any historical study of vulnerabilitiesin the human food supply. It will be of interest to scholars ofmedieval Iberia and the medieval Mediterranean as well as tohistorians of food and of economics.

In the late fourteenth century, the medieval Crown of Aragon experienced a series of food crises that created conflict and led to widespread starvation. Adam Franklin-Lyons applies contemporary understandings of complex human disasters, vulnerability, and resilience to explain how these famines occurred and to describe more accurately who suffered and why.0Shortage and Famine in the Late Medieval Crown of Aragon details the social causes and responses to three events of varying magnitude that struck the western Mediterranean: the minor food shortage of 1372, the serious but short-lived crisis of 1384-85, and the major famine of 1374-76, the worst famine of the century in the region. Shifts in military action, international competition, and violent attempts to control trade routes created systemic panic and widespread starvation-which in turn influenced decades of economic policy, social practices, and even the course of geopolitical conflicts, such as the War of the Two Pedros and the papal schism in Italy.0Providing new insights into the intersecting factors that led to famine in the fourteenth-century Mediterranean, this deeply researched, convincingly argued book presents tools and models that are broadly applicable to any historical study of vulnerabilities in the human food supply. It will be of interest to scholars of medieval Iberia and the medieval Mediterranean as well as to historians of food and of economics "Details the social causes and responses to three events of varying magnitude that struck the western Mediterranean: the minor food shortage of 1372, the serious but short-lived crisis of 1384-85, and the major famine of 1374-76, the worst famine of the century in the region. Shifts in military action, international competition, and violent attempts to control trade routes created systemic panic and widespread starvation--which in turn influenced decades of economic policy, social practices, and even the course of geopolitical conflicts. Providing new insights into the intersecting factors that led to famine in the fourteenth-century Mediterranean, this deeply researched, convincingly argued book presents tools and models that are broadly applicable to any historical study of vulnerabilities in the human food supply. It will be of interest to scholars of medieval Iberia and the medieval Mediterranean as well as to historians of food and of economics"-- Back cover "Recontextualizes late medieval famines using contemporary concepts of complex human disasters, vulnerability, and resilience"-- Provided by publisher