[Sca-cooks] Re:William's Post

[Laura C. Minnick]

I'm a bit behind the curve on this subject, especially on the 11th c stuff 
being discussed (I'm been preoccupied with Other Matters, and suffice it to 
say my blood pressure is off the charts at the moment), but I was reading 
up just this morning about the Great Famine in 1315-1325 (prep work for a 
class I'm teaching on the 13th). There was some serious climate changes 
going on- a series of unusually cold, wet winters that ruined crops. 
There's accounts of wheat rotting in the fields, etc. The section that I 
fell asleep in (ok, I was up until 4) has some interesting data on tree 
ring analysis. Once I can make some sense of it, I'll pop in with some more 
info.

'Lainie
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