Little Ice Age

Not Just the Tudors

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4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb discusses the impact of the Little Ice Age, a period of significant cooling from the 15th to early 19th centuries that caused widespread famine, drought, and socio-economic upheaval across the Northern Hemisphere. She's joined by Professors Madeline Bassnett and Laurie Johnson who share insights from their joint research project on how England adapted to severe weather conditions. Discover fascinating historical accounts and learn about humanity's resilience in the face of climate adversity.

Presented by Professor Susannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Alice Smith, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Professor Susanna Lipscomb.
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0:27.6	Hello, I'm Professor Susanna Lipscomb and welcome to not just the Tudors from History Hit,
0:33.3	the podcast in which we explore everything from Anne Boleyn to the Aztecs,
0:37.7	from Holbein to the Huguenots, from Shakespeare to Samarise.
0:43.1	Relieved by regular doses of murder, espionage and witchcraft.
0:47.6	Not in other words just the Tudors, but most definitely also the Tudors.
1:04.0	Flash floods, low yields and failed crop harvests, frozen riverways and the isolation of rural communities,
1:09.0	famine, drought.
1:15.9	These are just some of the debilitating events of the Little Ice Age,
1:19.5	which can be defined as a time of dramatic cooling across parts of the northern hemisphere
1:21.8	from the 15th to the early 19th centuries.
1:25.7	The Little Ice Age saw Iceland's population fall by up to half, while Norse colonies
1:32.8	in Greenland faced complete collapse.
1:36.1	Along coastlines, rising water levels saw dramatic shifts for coastal communities and
1:41.2	landscapes, while periods of extreme famine across Norway, Sweden, France and
1:46.3	Estonia led their populations into severe decline. Across continental Europe, broken supply lines,
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