Europe where the sun dares scarce appear For freezing meteors and
congealed cold.' - Christopher Marlowe In this innovative and
compelling work of environmental history, Philipp Blom chronicles
the great climate crisis of the 1600s, a crisis that would
transform the entire social and political fabric of Europe. While
hints of a crisis appeared as early as the 1570s, by the end of the
sixteenth century the temperature plummeted so drastically that
Mediterranean harbours were covered with ice, birds literally
dropped out of the sky, and 'frost fairs' were erected on a frozen
Thames - with kiosks, taverns, and even brothels that become a
semi-permanent part of the city. Recounting the deep legacy and
sweeping consequences of this 'Little Ice Age', acclaimed historian
Philipp Blom reveals how the European landscape had ineradicably
changed by the mid-seventeenth century. While apocalyptic weather
patterns destroyed entire harvests and incited mass migrations,
Blom brilliantly shows how they also gave rise to the growth of
European cities, the appearance of early capitalism, and the
vigorous stirrings of the Enlightenment. A sweeping examination of
how a society responds to profound and unexpected change, Nature's
Mutiny will transform the way we think about climate change in the
twenty-first century and beyond.
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