Historical documents describing the impacts of the 1430s extraordinary climate

This 1430s document from the Zurich city council explains that they will stop selling grain to the people of Schwyz and Glarus during the famine.

Staatsarchiv Zürich, C I, Nr. 1530, p. 12.

Credit: Zurich, Staatsarchiv

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