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When looking at the Little Ice Age, I found this picture that shows a timeline of the medieval warm period and the Little Ice Age. I also found this picture which shows the difference in water temperatures. I also found an article detailing climate changes throughout history. This relates to the sudden climate changes in medieval times. The article starts way before medieval times, but it goes all the way up to the 1900's.
A recurring theme in the Decameron is social satire related to the Catholic Church, which saw a considerable decline in power during the Black Plague. The Decameron used allegory to demonstrate its points. Allegory per the wikipedia entry \http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory says that allegory "conveys a meaning other than literal". Allegory has been widely used for centuries, appearing in works which inspired the Decameron, such as Dante's Divine comedy.
I decided to find a little more about the Hohokam people, who were mentioned in the reading. According to this Wikipedia article, the Hohokam were ancestors of many Native American tribes in the Arizona and New Mexico area. They were known for their architecture, although they had to flee from many of their well-designed cities and villages due to climate change. Here is picture of a Hohokam village and here is a map of the Hohokam territory.
I was wondering how drastic the temperature change was and I found this picture. There is a slight trend in terms of temperature, but it really takes off after the industrial revolution. Also, it seems as if the temperature stays low, until the 1800 which is the approximate start of the Industrial Revolution.
The reading mentioned the "Great Drowning" of 1362 in Holland, where 60 parishes in Denmark were wiped out, however I didn't know what this was so I decided to look it up. Here it is stated that the term, Grote Mandrenke is proper name for the winds. The winds prompted the drowning portion of it. It says that at least 25,000 people were killed. Also, a parish is explained here. It's just an administrative subdivision.
Why did the climate get colder during the Black Death? Were there any assumptions about what was happening within the world and could people predict some of what was going to happen? I was also interested in the El Nino effect and on Wikipedia it said that the major El Nino effects "have occurred in the years 1790-93, 1828, 1876-78, 1891, 1925-26, 1982-83, and 1997-98." As well as the effect of El Nino, there are many other bad things that come from it such as bird and fish relocations, low animal population, and it also "led to the demise of the Moche and other pre-Columbian Peruvian cultures." I couldn't find very much more about moral meteorology but I would like to find out more.
I looked more into Lake Chad which was mentioned in the reading as well. Lake Chad picture
I also found this information about the lake in recent times, "The lake presently has an average depth of only 5 ft (1.5 meters). It nearly dried out in 1908[citation needed] and again in 1984. As it retreats every summer, recessional agriculture is practised, while the Buduma people fish from canoes. There are many floating islands in the lake. It is home to a wide variety of wildlife, including fish, crocodiles, waterfowl, and shore birds, which are important sources of food for the local human population." (WIkipedia)
The reading first mentions a climate cooling. How drastic was the addition of the climate change? If it added to the killing of people along with the plague I would think that it would have been rather drastic.
This link tells that the climate change added wet, warm weather spread across Europe, which would be more hospitable for germs. But the reading said that it got colder in Europe. ??
While i was reading i was interested in "The Frozen Thames" because of the picture first of all that was in the book because it is people on huge chunks of ice having fun. Also i looked it up on Wikipedia and it says that the ice prevented the use of many harbors which means no material is coming in and out. Also the sea was frozen. You don't really hear about a sea freezing over except in the Titanic.
After the reading I read up on how the Black Death effected the church. The Plague killed many of the clergy, and so they had to get fast replacements. An article from the BBC said "New recruits were noted as being of a lesser quality. Henry Knighton, writing in Leicester, said of these new clerks that many of them were illiterate, no better than laymen - 'for even if they could read, they did not understand'."
The church was totally discombobulated during this time, and many people stopped believing the church and the clergymen. This lead people to follow other religious groups such as the Flagellants, who whipped themselves while reciting religious texts.
Wikipedia gives a good overview of what was happening with religion during the time of the Black Death.
I was interested in learning more about how the plague affected the population in Europe. i found this great chart which shows how the population was affected. The plague first started out by killing 30,000-70,000 people. Then the plague got worse and killed between 30-40% of the entire population.
I also looked at the climate change in Western Europe and how some people argued that the reason the black plague survived was because of the weather. Some say that if it wasn't for the climate change, the black plague wouldn't have survived. However, there is no proof of this, it's just a belief.You can find more on this here.
The document in class and the reading both mentioned that the Plague spread easily on trade routes, so I found out where those were. Here is a map of the spread of the Black Death with the major trade routes drawn. While looking for more information on the Little Ice Age, I also found this graph of temperature abnormalities throughout history.
I decided to look into global warming. I looked into the wikipedia on the subject. It turns out that from 1905-2005, the global average air temperature went up somewhere between one and two degrees. That is less than one degree Celsius. As shown by the map on page 444, this is signifigant, but not outrageous when considered in a historical context.
I was looking up El Nino, and I found this link. It has information on more recent El Nino's, like the ones in 1984 and 1998. Although El Nino is mostly a change in wind direction, it affects a lot more. Warm water is blown to a place with normally cold water, and vice versa. Animal habits are messed up and freak weather like cold wet winters in Texas also occur.
When I was reading, i became interested in the cooling of the climate during the period of the Black Plague. According to Wikipedia, many of the drops in temperature were a cause of irregular patterns of waves from the sun. However, it also states that the temperature drop could have been caused by slight movements in the continents, which caused the currents in the water to change slightly. This affected the flow of warm and cold water, which in turn affected the expansion of the polar ice caps.
I was curious about El Niño. According to Wikipedia, El Niño is a weather phenomenon. Associated with it are floods, droughts, and significant changes of temperature. I found a picture that illustrates what causes El Niño. It basically shows that winds move water in the Pacific Ocean, making them pile up at a certain point, which throws things off balance and causes changes in weather.
when doing the reading i became interested in the climate change during this time. i found this link about the climate change and i learned about how the medieval climate change relates to the climate today. climate change
the medieval warm period was a time of significant warmth and i have to wonder how much this affected the results of the plague and if it even had affects on the plague
I don't know why my post did not come up. I distinctly remember doing it because it was one of the only bits of homework i had that night. So...
I looked a little bit into El Nino.
"El Niño is a disruption of the ocean-atmosphere system in the Tropical Pacific having important consequences for weather and climate around the globe."
On this page is also a good picture on the effects of El Nino and how it effects certain areas around the world.
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When looking at the Little Ice Age, I found this picture that shows a timeline of the medieval warm period and the Little Ice Age.
I also found this picture which shows the difference in water temperatures.
I also found an article detailing climate changes throughout history. This relates to the sudden climate changes in medieval times. The article starts way before medieval times, but it goes all the way up to the 1900's.
A recurring theme in the Decameron is social satire related to the Catholic Church, which saw a considerable decline in power during the Black Plague. The Decameron used allegory to demonstrate its points. Allegory per the wikipedia entry \http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory says that allegory "conveys a meaning other than literal". Allegory has been widely used for centuries, appearing in works which inspired the Decameron, such as Dante's Divine comedy.
I decided to find a little more about the Hohokam people, who were mentioned in the reading. According to this Wikipedia article, the Hohokam were ancestors of many Native American tribes in the Arizona and New Mexico area. They were known for their architecture, although they had to flee from many of their well-designed cities and villages due to climate change. Here is picture of a Hohokam village and here is a map of the Hohokam territory.
I was wondering how drastic the temperature change was and I found this picture. There is a slight trend in terms of temperature, but it really takes off after the industrial revolution. Also, it seems as if the temperature stays low, until the 1800 which is the approximate start of the Industrial Revolution.
The reading mentioned the "Great Drowning" of 1362 in Holland, where 60 parishes in Denmark were wiped out, however I didn't know what this was so I decided to look it up. Here it is stated that the term, Grote Mandrenke is proper name for the winds. The winds prompted the drowning portion of it. It says that at least 25,000 people were killed. Also, a parish is explained here. It's just an administrative subdivision.
Why did the climate get colder during the Black Death? Were there any assumptions about what was happening within the world and could people predict some of what was going to happen? I was also interested in the El Nino effect and on Wikipedia it said that the major El Nino effects "have occurred in the years 1790-93, 1828, 1876-78, 1891, 1925-26, 1982-83, and 1997-98." As well as the effect of El Nino, there are many other bad things that come from it such as bird and fish relocations, low animal population, and it also "led to the demise of the Moche and other pre-Columbian Peruvian cultures." I couldn't find very much more about moral meteorology but I would like to find out more.
On page 442 it talks about some places avoiding the plague, how did this occur?
I thought it was interesting that the earth cooled down at this time. Link on Climate Changes
Sorry, I clicked the post button on accident.
I looked more into Lake Chad which was mentioned in the reading as well. Lake Chad picture
I also found this information about the lake in recent times, "The lake presently has an average depth of only 5 ft (1.5 meters). It nearly dried out in 1908[citation needed] and again in 1984. As it retreats every summer, recessional agriculture is practised, while the Buduma people fish from canoes. There are many floating islands in the lake. It is home to a wide variety of wildlife, including fish, crocodiles, waterfowl, and shore birds, which are important sources of food for the local human population." (WIkipedia)
http://assets.panda.org/img/original/chadmap.gif
The reading first mentions a climate cooling. How drastic was the addition of the climate change? If it added to the killing of people along with the plague I would think that it would have been rather drastic.
This link tells that the climate change added wet, warm weather spread across Europe, which would be more hospitable for germs. But the reading said that it got colder in Europe. ??
While i was reading i was interested in "The Frozen Thames" because of the picture first of all that was in the book because it is people on huge chunks of ice having fun. Also i looked it up on Wikipedia and it says that the ice prevented the use of many harbors which means no material is coming in and out. Also the sea was frozen. You don't really hear about a sea freezing over except in the Titanic.
After the reading I read up on how the Black Death effected the church. The Plague killed many of the clergy, and so they had to get fast replacements. An article from the BBC said "New recruits were noted as being of a lesser quality. Henry Knighton, writing in Leicester, said of these new clerks that many of them were illiterate, no better than laymen - 'for even if they could read, they did not understand'."
The church was totally discombobulated during this time, and many people stopped believing the church and the clergymen. This lead people to follow other religious groups such as the Flagellants, who whipped themselves while reciting religious texts.
Wikipedia gives a good overview of what was happening with religion during the time of the Black Death.
I was interested in learning more about how the plague affected the population in Europe. i found this great chart which shows how the population was affected. The plague first started out by killing 30,000-70,000 people. Then the plague got worse and killed between 30-40% of the entire population.
I also looked at the climate change in Western Europe and how some people argued that the reason the black plague survived was because of the weather. Some say that if it wasn't for the climate change, the black plague wouldn't have survived. However, there is no proof of this, it's just a belief.You can find more on this here.
The document in class and the reading both mentioned that the Plague spread easily on trade routes, so I found out where those were. Here is a map of the spread of the Black Death with the major trade routes drawn.
While looking for more information on the Little Ice Age, I also found this graph of temperature abnormalities throughout history.
I decided to look into global warming. I looked into the wikipedia on the subject. It turns out that from 1905-2005, the global average air temperature went up somewhere between one and two degrees. That is less than one degree Celsius. As shown by the map on page 444, this is signifigant, but not outrageous when considered in a historical context.
I was looking up El Nino, and I found this link.
It has information on more recent El Nino's, like the ones in 1984 and 1998. Although El Nino is mostly a change in wind direction, it affects a lot more. Warm water is blown to a place with normally cold water, and vice versa. Animal habits are messed up and freak weather like cold wet winters in Texas also occur.
When I was reading, i became interested in the cooling of the climate during the period of the Black Plague. According to Wikipedia, many of the drops in temperature were a cause of irregular patterns of waves from the sun. However, it also states that the temperature drop could have been caused by slight movements in the continents, which caused the currents in the water to change slightly. This affected the flow of warm and cold water, which in turn affected the expansion of the polar ice caps.
I was curious about El Niño. According to Wikipedia, El Niño is a weather phenomenon. Associated with it are floods, droughts, and significant changes of temperature. I found a picture that illustrates what causes El Niño. It basically shows that winds move water in the Pacific Ocean, making them pile up at a certain point, which throws things off balance and causes changes in weather.
when doing the reading i became interested in the climate change during this time. i found this link about the climate change and i learned about how the medieval climate change relates to the climate today. climate change
the medieval warm period was a time of significant warmth and i have to wonder how much this affected the results of the plague and if it even had affects on the plague
I don't know why my post did not come up. I distinctly remember doing it because it was one of the only bits of homework i had that night. So...
I looked a little bit into El Nino.
"El Niño is a disruption of the ocean-atmosphere system in the Tropical Pacific having important consequences for weather and climate around the globe."
On this page is also a good picture on the effects of El Nino and how it effects certain areas around the world.
El Nino Picture and Facts
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