Re: British climate
Dave Postles (pot@leicester.ac.uk)
Mon, 16 Jan 1995 15:36:39 +0000
The work on medieval climatic changes in England is summarised now by Mark
Bailey in B M S Campbell, ed., _Before the Black Death. Studies in the Crisis
of the Early Fourteenth Century_ (Manchester, 1991), including Britton's
earlier 'Meteorological Chronology to A.D. 1450' (mainly drawn from
chronicles). I don't htink it mentions, however, Jan Titow's article in
_Economic History Review_ on the Winchester Pipe Rolls as evidence of the
weather (I'm afraid that I don't have the reference to hand, but I suppose it
was some thirty or more years ago). For the early modern period, there must be
a resume of the literature in the volume edited by Roger Schofield and John
Walter _in memoriam_ of Andrew Appleby: if you want the details, I can pop up
to my office to check.
I hope this helps a bit.
Dave Postles
pot@le.ac.uk
>
> On another list I saw a reference to the little ice age (late middle ages
> to the 19th century) which cooled the climate in much of western Europe.
> I wonder how this changed the weather in the British Isles? Could someone
> explain or suggest a good source?
> Peter Holloran, Pine Manor College, pch@world.std.com
>