{"product_id":"9780792359340","title":"Climatic Variability in Sixteenth-Century Europe and Its Social Dimension","description":"\u003ch1\u003eClimatic Variability in Sixteenth-Century Europe and Its Social Dimension\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003ePfister, Christian; Brázdil, Rudolf; Glaser, Rüdiger\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eA multidecadal cooling is known to have occurred in Europe in  the final decades of the sixteenth-century. It is still open to debate  as to what might have caused the underlying shifts in atmospheric  circulation and how these changes affected societies. This book is the  fruit of interdisciplinary cooperation among 37 scientists including  climatologists, hydrologists, glaciologists, dendroclimatologists, and  economic and cultural historians. The known documentary climatic  evidence from six European countries is compared to results of  tree-ring studies. Seasonal temperature and precipitation are  estimated from this data and monthly mean surface pressure patterns in  the European area are reconstructed for outstanding anomalies. Results  are compared to fluctuations of Alpine glaciers and to changes in the  frequency of severe floods and coastal storms. Moreover, the impact of  climate change on grain prices and wine production is assessed.  Finally, it is convincingly argued that witches at that time were  burnt as scapegoats for climatic change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1999-09-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792359340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-015-9259-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 354\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46793802186892,"sku":"9780792359340","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792359340.jpg?v=1774032244","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780792359340","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}