What made societies more or less vulnerable to food insecurity and famine in northern Europe (c. 1500–1800)? What part did climatic factors and socio-political factors play, respectively? How did these factors interact? This project combines sources and methods from historical scholarship and palaeoclimatology to examine these questions.
Grain was a vital product in pre-industrial Europe and its price variations are an indicator of food availability and subsistence stress. This 3-year project aims to assess, quantify, and explain differences in food security across Europe from the 16th to 19th centuries.
