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The Waning of the Little Ice Age

Climate Change in Early Modern Europe

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ID10128044
AuthorsMorgan Kelly (0000-0002-9102-7721, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author), Cormac Ó Gráda (0000-0003-4101-3740, Princeton University)
Year2013
Volume44
Issue3
Pages301-325
Publication date2013-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Interdisciplinary History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1953 • E-ISSN: 1530-9169
PublisherThe MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1162/jinh_a_00573
OpenAlexW1999094171
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited45

The supposed ramifications of the Little Ice Age, a period of cooling temperatures straddling several centuries in northwestern Europe, reach far beyond meteorology into economic, political, and cultural history. The available annual temperature series from the late Middle Ages to the end of the nineteenth century, however, contain no major breaks, cycles, or trends that could be associated with the existence of a Little Ice Age. Furthermore, the series of resonant images, ranging from frost fairs to contracting glaciers and from dwindling vineyards to disappearing Viking colonies, often adduced as effects of a Little Ice Age, can also be explained without resort to climate change

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Unique citing works21
Citations per year1,75
Citation span2014 - 2025 (12)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 21
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