TY - BOOK ID - 85635112 TI - Waiting for the end of the world? New perspectives on natural disasters in medieval Europe AU - Gerrard, Christopher M. AU - Forlin, Paolo AU - Brown, Peter J. PY - 2021 SN - 1003023444 1000091708 9781003023449 9781000091700 9781000091731 1000091732 9781000091762 1000091767 9780367902636 9780367509484 PB - London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group DB - UniCat KW - E-books KW - Archaeology, Medieval KW - Archaeology, Medieval. KW - Environmental disasters KW - Environmental disasters. KW - Natural disasters KW - Natural disasters. KW - History KW - To 1500. KW - Europe. KW - History of Europe KW - anno 800-1199 KW - anno 1200-1499 KW - anno 1500-1599 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85635112 AB - Waiting for the End of the World? Addresses the archaeological, architectural, historical and geological evidence for natural disasters in the Middle Ages between the 11th and 16th centuries. This volume adopts a fresh interdisciplinary approach to explore the many ways in which environmental hazards affected European populations and, in turn, how medieval communities coped and responded to short- and long-term consequences. Three sections, which focus on geotectonic hazards (Part I), severe storms and hydrological hazards (Part II) and biophysical hazards (Part III), draw together 18 papers of the latest research while additional detail is provided in a catalogue of the 20 most significant disasters to have affected Europe during the period. These include earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, storms, floods and outbreaks of infectious diseases. Spanning Europe, from the British Isles to Italy and from the Canary Islands to Cyprus, these contributions will be of interest to earth scientists, geographers, historians, sociologists, anthropologists and climatologists, but are also relevant to students and non-specialist readers interested in medieval archaeology and history, as well as those studying human geography and disaster studies. Despite a different set of beliefs relating to the natural world and protection against environmental hazards, the evidence suggests that medieval communities frequently adopted a surprisingly ‘modern’, well-informed and practically minded outlook. ER -