The Great Famine (1315-1322): What Was It Like? What Caused It?

[@seansolberg2907]

The topics you cover on your channel aren’t the typical “sexy” historical events I get recommended, so I’m glad I’m subscribed to your channel. It’s all very fascinating stuff.

[@NizzahonHistory]

I am glad you're subscribed too!

[@apjapki]

What a crazy time. It must have felt like the world was ending.

[@countOfHenneberg]

I'd certainly not heard anything of this famine in my history lessons at school. That could be due to my scatty memory... But thanks for the lesson!

[@MindGameArcade]

Damn 10 most influential medieval scientists gotta make it next time! But this topic is super interesting as well, really the kind of topic where I think we can truly learn from.

[@karennorris7880]

Fascinating and extremely well paced. Thank you!

[@aaronsmith6632]

Great Famine 2BB Enchantment During your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature. Any player may exile a creature from their graveyard to remove one -1/-1 counter.

[@PhoenicopterusR]

Imagine that in a Hapatra or Scorpion God deck, yikes.

[@Infantryalltheway]

"What's it like to be around during thing famine...not so good." Lol. That moment in the video was way funnier than exoected.

[@sebastianluna1470]

Handsome man with a voice of gold talks you to sleep.

[@LuvBorderCollies]

I knew of the story of not enough or no bread for Edward II visit. But had no idea this famine lasted so long. Overall the 1300's was a miserable century. Every century has its low points but 1300s had famine, plague and war. The Big 3. Even during massive disaster people still go to war and kill each other. Crazy stuff. We in the 21st century should not get too comfortable thinking such widespread and numerous calamities won't happen because of our worldwide trade for food, medical supplies, etc. Think of the effect the "unexpected" Putin invasion of Ukraine. Farms stop working, farmland is torn up, poisoned, riddled with landmines or under the control of the Russians who are less than competent managing land/crops. A huge area of one of Earth's most productive cropland not working and what was harvested is blockaded preventing the usual amount of export. China has to import 80% of its food. If food supply gets tight they will use their ever expanding and modernizing land and navy forces to take what they want. Think of the chaos of one virus in 2020 caused.

[@Konarcoffee]

I like these little bite sized bits of learning history, do you like any other history channels in this same vein?

[@matthewbrunell413]

Step Back History, although some of his videos are closer to 30 minutes.

[@HellionSol]

Found your magic content first, but I really like your historical content more. Can't wait to see the next one! Keep up the great work Nizzahon!

[@NizzahonHistory]

Thanks!

[@animallovercyclist]

What a great analysis. Thank you.

[@shadowsnake94]

a little worrying that climate change caused a famine that severe back then. here's hoping our advances in agriculture, food storage, and statecraft can prevent another one in the coming century of climate change

[@ranjapi693]

It can happen faster than you think. One year without Harvest might be overcome due to storage, but a second year with no or too less Harvests will prove quite difficult... Even today.

[@MrMalvolio29]

In the Hundred Years War of the 14th-century, entirely *different breeds* of horse were used for “farming” and “going into battle.” Your video misleadingly makes it sound as though horses were “precious” bc they were *both* farm animals *and* warhorses. This was not at all the case; most noblemen were cavalry, and had lean, muscular warhorses primed for speed. Farm horses were much stouter, hairier animals not especially fast, but strong and reliable over long stretches of time, not simply for a charge at the enemy.

[@RisottoNero-z1w]

Great stuff

[@NizzahonHistory]

Thanks!

[@idkmybffjill9682]

Well done

[@pirobot668beta]

OK, that 88 year post was a little dire. I offer A Joke? A sheep, a shepherd and a sheep-dog enter a Public House by three different Doors. Once inside, they see there is but one door that that all must exit by. [get it? 'one door'? It's an oldie but a goodie!]

[@nicholassalvato8845]

Wonderful vid as always. would love a video on the social aspects of heresy at some point. thank you for the time u take to make these, they r a weekly blessing

[@way000]

Inspirational.

[@NizzahonHistory]

Yeah?

[@RedOctober_]

How so 😒

[@olinayoung6287]

Excellent, really enjoyed, thank you!!

[@nickbalmes6640]

Nooooo... I can't imagine somebody stealing my plump doggy :(

[@thirdwavefinance8154]

Fascinating and terrifying to see the juxtaposition with current times; despite human advances, forces of nature & predictability of human behavior still allow for gaps to develop which allow for catastrophic events.

[@NizzahonHistory]

Yarp

[@pirobot668beta]

Every 88/89 years (depending on how you count things) our Sun gets a little funny. The 11 year sun-spot cycle has a 8:1 cycle of it's own. Let's be naughty, and count backwards by about 88 years. 2020's 1940's 1860's 1770's 1680's You get the drift... The 88 year interval seems to be 'punctuation' for the run-on sentence that is Humanity. Monsoon disruptions driven by Solar fluctuations result in massive crop short-falls world-wide. We gotta plant a whole lot more meager crops to fill out bellies! The simplest way to stimulate massive over-production is the "Wage Righteous War!" gambit. Overproduction of goods before the Battle + less mouths to feed after the Battle = better chances for the few survivors of the Battle. For a brief time, the World convulses with madness as millions die 'as victims of War'. It's horrible, it's ghastly, it's happening again. Rejoice in our collective Doom, Brothers and Sisters! For all is unfolding according to 'Gods Plan', and would look at the time? The often foretold 'End of Days!' is upon us, and right on schedule! No vast conspiracy required; Just a variable Star in the center of a modest Solar system. The Stellar Furnace 'burps', weather patterns on a nearby planet shift for a while. Big deal. Q: Any luck finding inexpensive eggs or dairy products that are worth eating lately? Oh, right, COVID related shortages...I get it.

[@kaydenchapman3094]

I'm from new Zealand and seeing Mt.Tarawera is breathtaking

[@Infantryalltheway]

Awkward comment of the day

[@MrCyberGal]

Fantastic work as usual. This channel is underrated. Two questions: Will you make a video on the Black Death? I feel it's an often misunderstood event. And will you ever branch out from Medieval History?

[@NizzahonHistory]

I have already done two videos not on medieval history, when I talked about the birth of Christianity! And, regarding the Black Death, I'm sure I will get there eventually.

[@MrCyberGal]

@@NizzahonHistory I guess I mean something after the Medieval Age hahaha.

[@buddyrojek9417]

@@NizzahonHistory you need to link the famines with the solar cycles and sunspot activity because the lack of solar activity increases cloud cover which also causes vitamin d deficiency which allows viruses to spread and evolve quickly due to reduced immunity .

[@laurenveeder187]

Hi! This was a great informative video to watch. Do you by chance have a list of sources that you used for the video? I would like to read further into this event

[@georgem7502]

Did it do 3 damage to each creature and player? 😂 Seriously thanks as always for this - I’ve been watching your S’haven drafts all week and I love the change of content to History! 🧐🤓

[@sshim950]

Thanks : )

[@carlcobb1131]

Sad you lost me with the graph at 9:40. This graph is destorted,

[@nathanbaney4394]

i feel bad with the polls cause i wanna see all the vids lol

[@glps6167]

Bingen was not seat of a diocesis. The legend refers to archbishop Hatto of Mainz, to whose archdiocesis Bingen belonged.

[@Liutgard]

I've actually been teaching this period as an example of how climate change affects political climate (my other example being the 6th c famines, also due to burping South Pacific volcanoes). I do wonder if our modern political leadership has managed to draw the line from climate to politics- and if they are aware that their status may be changing very, very soon...

[@lordofmorgul]

Can't wait for the top 10 medieval scientists that left biggest impact on competitive Magic. Oh, wait...

[@chrismarlow9585]

So much more interesting than I could've imagined. I loved the look into the climate change with both historical references and modern science. This video was a big disgusting at the start though. It sounds horrific and like people in their desperation made everything so much worse for the next few years!

[@priatalat]

Btw trees account for a very small percentage of the carbon cycle, the vast majority comes from sea algae. Either way, to say us cutting down trees is what caused climate change is just pretentious. Maybe, just maybe, the Earth goes through temperature spikes regularly all throughout it’s history.

[@thedarkenigma3834]

1:34

[@jursi30]

Nerds are so fun to learn history from! purr

[@slynskey333]

That story reminded me of the native American story " shades of shit" the horders eat all the corn but are locked in with their shit by the neighbouring town.

[@mekingtiger9095]

So what I got from this is that *maybe* Global Warming isn't as bad or apocalyptic as it sounds...

[@okan1151]

Narration was so rushed horse race like

[@captainkirk8999]

blame the cow`s fart !

[@charlesthompson9889]

I'm out of here

[@WORKERS.DREADNOUGHT]

The Middle Ages was basically a total shit show.