The Little Ice Age: No More Food - World History - Part 2 - Extra History

The King's servants are in search of food. Crops have failed and bread prices soar. Livestock has perished and hunger is fueling desperation. The Little Ice Age has cast its frosty grip on the land and the relentless downpour has brought a kingdom to their knees. Experience this harrowing tale of the Great Famine of 1315-1317, one of northern Europe's most catastrophic crises. 🌧️👑

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[DragoniteSpam]

I'm used to the Little Ice Age being a passing note in history, usually not going much deeper than "food shortages caused by..." Seeing a deep dive into how it overturned daily life all around the world is a lot of fun.

[dragon_rar]

What i find interesting is that extra history is slowly forming a network by covering so many events and great people, leading to the ability to get from one topic to the next, branching out and meeting again

[Omnywrench]

7:18 I was just reading about Doggers a while back. I looked up the term after hearing the song "Sailing Over the Dogger Bank"- it refers to a large sandbar in the seas north of Europe where dogger boats would routinely fish. I also learned that the Dogger Bank is the highest point of a lost continent named "Doggerland", which most likely was flooded over due to a massive rockslide along Scandinavia triggering huge tsunamis. Apparently a lot of fossilized remains of mammoths as well as ancient human artifacts like spears and whatnot are found beneath the water there as well. Fascinating stuff!

[timmtammss]

It’s crazy to think how recent this is, and how close humanity is to going through it again. We still spend so much of our time just trying to make enough food to survive and we in wealthy countries throw so much of it away.

[aelithmackinnon]

Hi! Mainer here! In the early 90s, we had a series of freak heatwave during the summers, and then later that decade we had some of the worst ice storms on record. Even today the climate shifts are such that our "new normal" is that of North Carolina in the late 80s. The climate line has moved That. Far. North. In 35 years.

[toddkes]

3:45 - we could, until a freezer failed at the University of Alberta. Good-bye 80, 000 years of ice. They can replace it, but the people seeing the price to do so had a chilly expression.

[lordnaarghul]

What's also interesting is that the 30 Years War and France destabilizing into multiple religious wars in tbe late 1500s happened in the middle of this.

Plugging the 30 Years War series, that fourth horseman had a very powerful ally.

By the way, that 30 Years War series is one of my favorites.

[franciskafayeszter]

One of the most famous Hungarian kings, Matthias Corvinus was elected king (long story...) in 1458 on the frozen Danube. I don't know the exact numbers, but most of the noblemen were all there. The Danube was frozen so solid, that it could easily support a whole crowd. I grew up there. I have never seen a single piece of ice on the Danube.

[manatarms]

While the weather and his failed wars may have been factors, the fact that Edward 2 became one of the richest kings in Christendom by outright robbing his subjects blind without pretext was probably the main reason.

[abcdef]

This era of extreme famine helped to create the tale of Hansel and Gretel, and we're going to see some witches burning on the next episode... Interesting, to say the least.

[TsarAlexander]

7:58 Mainer here! We have a Fort made during the French and Indian War era that is used to give tours and examples of what life was back then. We have to work in the clothes of the time in the summer heat, it got so bad someone had to be sent away in an ambulance due to dehydration. Just shows just how bad it would be for them during that time.

[Aabergm]

This mini series has connected so many global events inside my I feel like I'm seeing in colour for the first time. Kind of weird but only way to describe the feeling.

[thomasrinschler]

At the same time that Edward II was having issues in England, Louis X of France tried to invade Flanders in 1315 to re-impose royal authority there. The unending rain, which caused every road to be deep mud and the rivers to flood, as well as the lack of food for the army for the same reasons Edward II couldn't find bread, caused the invasion to go nowhere, so he was forced to just turn around and go home, having accomplished precisely nothing, after only a few weeks.

[danielsantiagourtado]

4:15 Edward II was among the worst of the Plantagenets. Thank God his son Edward III, the greatest of them all saved England. Btw LOVED your 100 years war series. This one is cool too!❤❤❤❤❤

[AHersheyHere]

Events like this is probably what inspired George RR Martin to have “generation” long winters in Game of Thrones.

[greensteve]

Great to see this talked about on a global scale.

[Nomadith]

I am exhausted after the gym and just got home with this queued up.

I did NOT expect to feel confusion when my exhausted brain heard EH mention the city/town i live in as the first words of the video x3

[germanomagnone]

3:02 interesting to think that the tale of "hansel and gretel" had this origin. who knows how many and what "dark origins" of children's tales. (you could see a video for the topic)

[FreyaofCerberus]

I love this series! Even being relatively well versed in history i hadn't really thought about just how many massively important events were influenced by the little ice age. It's fascinating.

[danielsantiagourtado]

You guys always Make My dats better! Yoi educate me so much! Thanks🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤