The Great Famine
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- Beginning of The Great Famine
- Our crops cannot grow in this type of weather!
- Suffering of People
- What happened to my land?! Aren't you suppose to take good care of it?!
- Socio-Economic Conflict
- I'm sorry, but we're in need to.
- I can't afford that much of a cost.
- In the year 1315, there has been nonstop rain and a lot of changing climate condition. Crop failures lasted through 1316 until the summer harvest in 1317, and Europe did not fully recover.
- Starved to death
- Even kings and royal families faced the same difficulties of getting food, as they also failed to take care of their lands to bear crops.
- Crimes Arose
- I just steal so that my family can eat!
- Higher demand on foods and goods with fewer resources result on increasing price of products and services.
- Abandoned Children
- We're too young for this. We don't know what to do.
- Death at this point, became inevitable especially for those of the lower social status.
- People already experiencing widespread violence such as rape and murder. They steal and murder for food, so that their family can survive.
- Children are being abandoned by their parents, and the famine continues.
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