12. Natural disasters and crises in Silesian medieval
chronicles

C 2023

12. Natural disasters and crises in Silesian medieval chronicles

KOMÁRKOVÁ, Hana

Basic information

Original name

12. Natural disasters and crises in Silesian medieval chronicles

Authors

KOMÁRKOVÁ, Hana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1. vyd. London, Pre-modern Towns at the Times of Catastrophes East Central Europe in a Comparative Perspective, p. 159-170, 12 pp. 2023

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

60101 History

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

Routledge website (e-shop)

RIV identification code

RIV/47813059:19240/23:A0001172

Organization unit

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

ISBN

978-1-032-34737-0

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003323587

Keywords in English

Medieval Chronicles; Natural Disasters; Silesia; Towns

Abstract

V originále

The chapter is focusing on the analysis of late medieval Silesian narrative sources from the urban environment (e.g. Geschichte der Stadt Breslau written by the Wroclaw scribe Peter Eschenloer, Chronicon Ratiboriense, Annales Glogovienses by Caspar Borgeni, etc.) from the perspective of natural disasters, their portrayal, context, and consequences. In addition to the natural disasters themselves (their categorisation) and the crises caused by them, emphasis is placed on their symbolic utilisation in the work of Silesian medieval chroniclers. Regardless of the historical period, natural disaster is and always used to be a social situation. Narrative sources, though often unreliable when it comes to accurate dating or intentionally biased, are still keeping their value when it comes to human experience. After a thorough analysis, they can provide us with a social reflection of natural disasters and extreme weather in the past, the way other types of historical sources can not. Even the symbolic utilisation of weather references can tell us something about the author's experience. Moreover, in combination with natural archives, they can help us to complete the picture of climatic situations in the past.

Citovat

KOMÁRKOVÁ, Hana. 12. Natural disasters and crises in Silesian medieval chronicles. In Michaela Antonín-Malaníková, Beata Możejko, Martin Nodl. Pre-modern Towns at the Times of Catastrophes East Central Europe in a Comparative Perspective. 1st ed. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023, p. 159-170. ISBN 978-1-032-34737-0. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003323587.

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KOMÁRKOVÁ, Hana. 12. Natural disasters and crises in Silesian medieval chronicles. In Michaela Antonín-Malaníková, Beata Mo\.zejko, Martin Nodl. \textit{Pre-modern Towns at the Times of Catastrophes East Central Europe in a Comparative Perspective}. 1st ed. London: Routledge, Taylor \&{} Francis Group, 2023, p.~159-170. ISBN~978-1-032-34737-0. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003323587.

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