Droughts in Historical Times in Europe, as Derived from
Documentary Evidence

C 2020

Droughts in Historical Times in Europe, as Derived from Documentary Evidence

BRÁZDIL, Rudolf, Andrea KISS, Ladislava ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ and Barriendos MARIANO

Basic information

Original name

Droughts in Historical Times in Europe, as Derived from Documentary Evidence

Authors

BRÁZDIL, Rudolf (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Andrea KISS (40 Austria), Ladislava ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Barriendos MARIANO (724 Spain)

Edition

Cham, Palaeohydrology, p. 65-96, 32 pp. Geography of the Physical Environment, 2020

Publisher

Springer

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

electronic version available online

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/20:00113973

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

ISBN

978-3-030-23314-3

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23315-0_4

Keywords in English

Drought; Documentary data; Long-term variability; Impacts; Human responses; Europe

Abstract

V originále

Documentary evidence can provide high-resolution data pertaining to past droughts. This may include a wide range of sources, among them: narratives (annals, chronicles, memoirs); diaries kept by persons specifically interested in the weather; accountancy and economic-administrative archives; legal-administrative records; religious observances; letters; songs; newspapers and magazines; paintings and pictographic evidence; chronograms; epigraphic evidence; early instrumental meteorological observations; society and professional reports; and weather compilations. Most of these are generally available for many European countries. Such a variety of documentary information is sufficient to distinguish between the basic types of drought (meteorological, agricultural, hydrological and socio-economic) and reconstruct hydroclimatic conditions in the form of series of precipitation totals, drought frequencies and drought indices. This paper presents a European overview of existing documentary-based drought studies for the Mediterranean, western, central and eastern areas of Europe. Examples of outstanding European droughts are drawn from events of 1361, 1616 and 1718–1719 CE. The descriptions of European droughts and of human responses to them, pay particular attention to impacts on society, to perceptions of drought and to spiritual and ritual responses, as well as to the institutional/legal-administrative decisions and changes droughts have brought about. Perspectives for future research into historical droughts in Europe are also presented.

Links

GA17-10026S, research and development project

Name: Epizody sucha v České republice a jejich příčinná podmíněnost

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

BRÁZDIL, Rudolf, Andrea KISS, Ladislava ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ and Barriendos MARIANO. Droughts in Historical Times in Europe, as Derived from Documentary Evidence. Online. In Herget J., Fontana A. (eds). Palaeohydrology. Cham: Springer, 2020, p. 65-96. Geography of the Physical Environment. ISBN 978-3-030-23314-3. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23315-0_4.

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BRÁZDIL, Rudolf, Andrea KISS, Ladislava ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ and Barriendos MARIANO. Droughts in Historical Times in Europe, as Derived from Documentary Evidence. Online. In Herget J., Fontana A. (eds). \textit{Palaeohydrology}. Cham: Springer, 2020, p.~65-96. Geography of the Physical Environment. ISBN~978-3-030-23314-3. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23315-0\_{}4.

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