The Wasting of Wolin
Environmental Factors in the Downfall of a Medieval Baltic Town
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12304239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Broich (Department of History Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 187-199 |
| Publication date | 2001-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0967-3407 • E-ISSN: 1752-7023 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3197/096734001129342450 |
| OpenAlex | W2015702371 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
This medieval environmental history examines the tenth-century industrial and trade town of Wolin which grew rapidly on an island immediately off the northwestern coast of Poland. It arose in an environment incapable of supporting its population of 8000 - the largest population in the Baltic during the period. Palaeobotanical evidence records the island's large-scale deforestation and the rapid deterioration of its soils. Having outstripped its local natural assets, Wolin quickly became dependent on imported grain, lumber, and industrial resources. By the mid-eleventh century, Wolin could no longer sustain itself, and became too exhausted to repulse, or recover from, sea-borne raids
Archaeology · Baltic sea · Deforestation (computer science · Environmental protection · Geography · Population · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Demography · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Medieval European History and Architecture · Geology · Oceanography
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2020 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |