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The Microbiology of early Globalisation

02/04/2020 preiserkapeller Leave a comment

a Blog Entry based on an updated extract from my book “Jenseits von Rom und Karl dem Großen” (Vienna 2018):

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Byzantinist/medievalist at the Austrian Academy of Sciences with a tendency to experiment with concepts and methodologies from global/environmental history, complexity studies, network analysis.

Dendrochronology and oral tradition

28/04/2013 Rainer Schreg Leave a comment

Dendrochronological dated house and some oral tradition from Norway in a rather popular paper:

Science Nordic (12.3.2013): Growth Rings from the Days of the Black Death

Rainer Schreg

archaeologist

professor in medieval and postmedieval archaeology at Bamberg university

Effects of 1342 rainfalls at the Neckar river, southwest Germany

01/02/2013 Rainer Schreg Leave a comment

Written, archaeological, and geographical sources show the heavy effects of the rainfalls in summer 1342. The mostly refer to the river Main, the middle Rhine, Elbe, and Weser. A charter from the town of Esslingen situated at the river Neckar, dated 9th of September 1342 documents a court ruling. The local Augustinian monastery sued against Kaisheim abbey, which owned a nearby vineyard. Soil was flooded into the Augustinian monastery. The document shows that the rainfalls in summer 1342 also affected the Neckar valley.

Rainer Schreg, Bodenerosion 1342 – ein Rechtsstreit in Esslingen. Archaeologik (19.1.2013) – in German


The town of Esslingen depicted by Andreas Kieser. The wineyard ist situated below the castle (HStA Stuttgart H 107/15 Bd 7 Bl. 22, via Wikimedia Commons)

Rainer Schreg

archaeologist

professor in medieval and postmedieval archaeology at Bamberg university

Prof. Jan Esper

18/09/2012 jesper Leave a comment

The 14th century has been identified as a period of global reorganization of climate. Links between major climate changes and widespread disease as well as cultural changes have been proposed. I am interested in the analysis of these climate shifts as well as the association with societal changes and impact.

Geographisches Institut, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz

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Interdisciplinary approaches to the 14th century crisis and the history of plague