Floods and long-term water-level changes in medieval Hungary
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...
| Main Author: | Kiss, Andrea, |
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| Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
[2019]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (909 pages). |
| Series: |
Springer water.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Preface; What, Why, How and for Whom?; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction: Floods and Water-Level Fluctuations in Medieval (Central- )Europe; 1.1 Major Climatic Periods and Forcing Factors in the Middle Ages: A Brief Introduction; 1.2 Flood-Related Information in Documentary Evidence; 1.2.1 Medieval Flood Series and Long-Term Water-Level Changes in Europe; 1.2.2 Medieval Flood-Rich Periods in Europe, Central Europe and the Danube Catchment; 1.2.3 Extreme Floods and Flood Years in (Central) Europe; 1.2.3.1 Analysis of Medieval Flood Extremes in Europe: A Brief Literature Overview.
- 1.2.3.2 Flood Years in Medieval (Central) Europe1.2.3.3 Great Floods, Flood Years Reported in the Danube Basin; 1.3 Floods and Water-Level Changes in Medieval (Central) Europe in Sedimentary Evidence; 1.3.1 Lake/Mire Water Levels, Hydrological Variability in (Central) Europe; 1.3.2 Floods in (Central) Europe, Detected in Lake (and Stalagmite) Sedimentation; 1.3.2.1 Alpine Reconstructions; 1.3.2.2 East-Central Europe and the Mediterranean: Examples from Southern Poland, the West-Mediterranean and the Balkan; 1.3.3 River Flood Frequency Reconstructions Based on Alluvial Deposits.
- 1.3.3.1 European Overviews1.3.3.2 West- and West-Central Europe; 1.3.3.3 East-Central and Eastern Europe; 1.3.3.4 Mediterranean Reconstructions; 1.4 Archaeological Evidence; Bibliography; 2 An Environmental Background: Floods, Modern Hydrology and Medieval Environment; 2.1 Main Environmental Characteristics of Waters in the Carpathian Basin; 2.1.1 Main Hydrological Characteristics of the Danube and Its Floods; 2.1.1.1 The Upper Danube and Its Main Tributaries; 2.1.1.2 Floods and the Middle Danube; 2.1.1.3 Tributaries of the Danube in the Carpathian Basin Catchment.
- 2.1.2 The Tisza and Its Tributaries2.1.2.1 Main Hydrological Characteristics of the River Tisza and Its Major Tributaries; 2.1.3 Other Catchments; 2.1.4 Inland Excess Waters; 2.1.5 Conclusion of General Characteristics: Flood Occurrences and Chief Causes; 2.2 Medieval Environment and Its Changes: The Human-Environmental Background; 2.2.1 Demographic Changes and the Environment in Medieval Hungary; 2.2.1.1 Population Growth: An Overall Picture with (Almost) no Major Interruptions?; 2.2.1.2 Population Density and Its Main Territorial Differences.
- 2.2.1.3 Immigration and Its Presumable Consequences on the Land Use and Environment2.2.2 Settlements, Settlement System and Their Changes; 2.2.2.1 Social, Economic Factors and the High-Medieval Characteristics of the Settlement System; 2.2.2.2 Late Medieval Settlement System: The Emergence of Royal Towns and Market Towns or Boroughs; 2.2.2.3 The Medieval Village: Outlook, Structure and Changes; 2.2.2.4 Medieval Towns and Flood-Related Information; 2.2.2.5 Settlement and Land Desertion; 2.2.3 Agriculture, Land Use and Forest Clearance.