tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post2035073180540312530..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: The Great Famine, 1315 to 1317Kathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-44333012765507045272014-06-13T17:44:16.533+01:002014-06-13T17:44:16.533+01:00Paul Budde http://paulbuddehistory.com/europe/the-...Paul Budde http://paulbuddehistory.com/europe/the-great-death/<br /><br />claims that during the 1309 famine, armies of the poor had attacked the fortress of the Duke of Brabant, in the Low Countries.Global Change Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10414537060472660654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-64209858156440025502014-06-13T16:56:06.691+01:002014-06-13T16:56:06.691+01:00Thanks - I guess you have seen: http://www.post-ga...Thanks - I guess you have seen: http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2014/05/25/The-Third-Horseman-Climate-Change-and-the-Great-Famine-of-the-14th-Century-talk-about-a-perfect-storm/stories/201405250067Global Change Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10414537060472660654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-23250435164382009492014-01-02T10:30:10.841+00:002014-01-02T10:30:10.841+00:00Thanks! There were no revolts in Edward II's ...Thanks! There were no revolts in Edward II's time, though a poem called On The Evil Times of Edward II details social problems.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-22631550867296408372014-01-02T05:32:12.622+00:002014-01-02T05:32:12.622+00:00What a great post. I just would like to know if th...What a great post. I just would like to know if the famine had any political implications on the working class of the time? i.e. were there revolts (before that of 1381), and if any, how did the state respond to it?GHOMRInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-31887625003205648902012-02-01T13:01:08.596+00:002012-02-01T13:01:08.596+00:00Not any more, unfortunately, though still visit my...Not any more, unfortunately, though still visit my parents there as often as I can, on the Furness peninsula. Great, will check out your updates - thanks for the link!<br /><br />I really want to read Kathleen Herbert's Moon in Leo, which is set in Furness, yay!Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-4092666083520196292012-02-01T12:16:36.526+00:002012-02-01T12:16:36.526+00:00Thanks Kathryn! I take it you don't live in Cu...Thanks Kathryn! I take it you don't live in Cumbria now? I will post progress reports about the play from time to time on my local blog:<br /><br />http://solwayarts.blogspot.com/2012/01/overheard-in-car-park.html<br /><br />I am fascinated by this period, and my husband is working on a manuscript by Kathleen Herbert set in Cumbria at this time.Connie Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286314896270215904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-2645853744652236302012-02-01T11:34:17.739+00:002012-02-01T11:34:17.739+00:00Thanks so much for the kind words, Connie (from on...Thanks so much for the kind words, Connie (from one Cumbrian to another! :) Great to hear about your Wigton story, too. Hope it's going really well, and I'd love to see it sometime, if that would be possible!Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-82554929066114760372012-02-01T11:26:32.716+00:002012-02-01T11:26:32.716+00:00Thank you so much for this Kathryn! I am involved ...Thank you so much for this Kathryn! I am involved with others in my group- North Cumbria Scriptwriters- to write a play about the the 750 year history of Wigton's market status. You have helped me put some meat on the bones of my scene set in 1316. <br /><br />It's a very interesting idea- the re-assment of reviled historical characters. Good luck with it!Connie Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286314896270215904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-82241657075056564392012-01-29T17:32:51.513+00:002012-01-29T17:32:51.513+00:00Thank you, Nipuna! I'm really glad you like m...Thank you, Nipuna! I'm really glad you like my blog!Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-76094348958541265732012-01-29T17:13:26.350+00:002012-01-29T17:13:26.350+00:00thanks a lot. you are really doing a great job. i ...thanks a lot. you are really doing a great job. i suddenly came across this blog & all your articles are very interesting.Nipunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07314459578083720796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-67644540301491344062011-12-05T09:28:59.438+00:002011-12-05T09:28:59.438+00:00I'm very glad to have helped, Anon! Hope your...I'm very glad to have helped, Anon! Hope your report went well!Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-59873905573410873222011-12-05T00:56:03.868+00:002011-12-05T00:56:03.868+00:00i was searching for a hour with no luck on the sub...i was searching for a hour with no luck on the subject. then i found this website and it had all the info i needed for my report. thanks for all your effort into your postsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-41076847119791914292010-07-26T09:05:50.485+01:002010-07-26T09:05:50.485+01:00Thank you, Judy! I'm glad you enjoyed the pos...Thank you, Judy! I'm glad you enjoyed the post. What an awful thing it was...:(Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-65829441439400289112010-07-25T21:09:57.117+01:002010-07-25T21:09:57.117+01:00I know I'm coming in late on this, but, really...I know I'm coming in late on this, but, really great post! I'd just been reading up on these years of rain and famine...Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04656031407072054347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-6430343027254205582009-01-31T08:50:00.000+00:002009-01-31T08:50:00.000+00:00Thank you, Christy! I'm really glad you enjoy my ...Thank you, Christy! I'm really glad you enjoy my posts. Yes, I know from Sitemeter that I have hundreds of lurkers, but hey, at least they're reading. ;)Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-12942409828751800592009-01-31T03:12:00.000+00:002009-01-31T03:12:00.000+00:00Thanks for the wonderful articles every time you p...Thanks for the wonderful articles every time you post. SUCH a lot of work you put into them, and they're well-written to boot. I read them all, even if I don't comment every time. There are probably lots of lurkers all over the world. But here's to you, from California!Christy K Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988458745832012138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-27402302892813285642009-01-30T10:06:00.000+00:002009-01-30T10:06:00.000+00:00Lady D: that's true - I'd forgotten about the murr...Lady D: that's true - I'd forgotten about the murrain.<BR/><BR/>Carla: there's a book about the famine by William Chester Jordan. He says the death toll in parts of Essex and Hampshire was as high as 15%, and somewhere in Italy - can't remember where, I'm afraid - about a third of the inhabitants died of hunger and 'pestilence'. Yes, I think it's extremely likely that the famine had an effect on social dislocation, though of course it's very hard to quantify.<BR/><BR/>Gabriele: LOL, he'd have locked all the food up in warehouses and forced people to bribe him to open them, or something similar. :-)Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-90771389021169765012009-01-29T18:50:00.000+00:002009-01-29T18:50:00.000+00:00Now that's a situation where Hugh Despenser's ruth...Now that's a situation where Hugh Despenser's ruthlessness would have worked - throw all those traders who refuse to sell to a fixed price in the tower and confiscate their goods. And sell lots of bad wine and other crap stuff to them. ;)<BR/><BR/>Wresting the goods out of Hugh's hands and distribute them to the people may have proven a challenge, though.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-3852004693566139832009-01-29T15:03:00.000+00:002009-01-29T15:03:00.000+00:00An appalling time. What's the source for the esti...An appalling time. What's the source for the estimate of population mortality, and if it could have been "possibly much more" than 5% is there any estimate of how high it might have reached? Could it have begun to set in motion some of the social dislocation we associate with the Black Death a generation later?Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-16601951605433344042009-01-28T18:57:00.000+00:002009-01-28T18:57:00.000+00:00I suppose it would have been in the interests of t...I suppose it would have been in the interests of the nobility to try and legislate to force some sort of order on the situation (even if it didn't work). After all, the people were the engine of the country and without them the feudal system (or life as they knew it) just wouldn't exist. This was certainly the case after the Great Plague.<BR/><BR/>I seem to remember that there was also a great disease of livestock (especially cattle) around this time too - called Murrain. Some sources claim that this could have been a disease we know today as Rinderpest while others have stated that it is hard to identify the condition from the information given.<BR/><BR/>A great post!Jules Frusherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207281934232383811noreply@blogger.com