@texthistory @DirkPuehl @circus_human Very few July snows ever recorded in England in the medieval, (where and when it happens, it tends to be a big deal due to it being hay harvest month), but the hungry gap as recorded in Piers Ploughman et al was ultimately the economics of foreseeable, predictable shortage.
Very few July snows ever recorded in England in the medieval, (where and when it happens, it tends to be a big deal due to it being hay harvest month), but the hungry gap as recorded in Piers Ploughman et al was ultimately the economics of foreseeable, predictable shortage.
— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) February 6, 2020