Disease And Famine Flashcards
(4 cards)
0
Q
Bad harvests
A
1549 and 1551
1554 and 1556 (widespread famine and food shortages)
1
Q
Outbreaks of sweating sickness and plague
A
1551 and 1552
2
Q
Poorest harvest of century, 1556: storms in which ‘both men and cattle drowned’
A
Price of corn doubled
Forced to eat acorn bread
3
Q
Epidemic coupled poorest harvest 1556-1558
A
High mortality: 12% of population
