Floods and Long-Term Water-Level Changes in Medieval Hungary

Floods and Long-Term Water-Level Changes in Medieval Hungary by Andrea Kiss.

The book provides an overview of the floods and major hydrological changes that occurred in the medieval Hungarian kingdom (covering the majority of the Carpathian Basin) between 1000 and 1500 AD. The analysis was based on contemporary documentary evidence presented for the first time and the result...

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Main Author: Kiss, Andrea (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Springer Water,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
History.
Hydrology.
Natural disasters.
Climate change.
Physical geography.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: floods and water-level fluctuations in medieval (Central-)Europe
  • An environmental background: floods, modern hydrology and medieval environment
  • Long-term hydrological changes based on sedimentary and archaeological evidence
  • Documentary sources and methodology
  • Catalogue of floods in medieval Hungary 1001-1500: analysis of individual flood reports
  • Floods in medieval Hungary: general analysis, comparisons and conclusions.

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