
The surprisingly modern Middle Ages
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The Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price
In 20 21, we're talking about literally no summer. There's no difference in summer and winter. You wouldn't be able to get away from the am the realization that something was up. But of course, how do you process what you're seeing? Well, if it's the fourteenth century, not in terms of of the way that we about a climate change as something essentially scientific and measurable. It seems to come through more in a, it's viewed through a religious prism. And so it's viewed in terms of god smiting people and sending natural disasters as asa corrective foror a punishment for sin.
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