A prequel to the Dantean Anomaly: the precipitation seesaw and droughts of 1302 to 1307 in Europe

Bauch, Martin; Labbé, Thomas; Engel, Annabell; Seifert, Patric

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2343-2020

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25 Nov 2020

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| 25 Nov 2020

A prequel to the Dantean Anomaly: the precipitation seesaw and droughts of 1302 to 1307 in Europe

Martin Bauch, Thomas Labbé, Annabell Engel, and Patric Seifert

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RC1: 'Christian Rohr: Comment on Bauch, M. et al.: A Prequel to the Dantean Anomaly: The Water Seesaw and Droughts of 1302-1307 in Europe', Christian Rohr, 17 Jun 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Christian Rohr's comment', Martin Bauch, 05 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Review of Bauch et al: A Prequel to the Dantean Anomaly', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to anonymous referee comment', Martin Bauch, 06 Aug 2020

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (07 Aug 2020) by Stefan Grab

AR by Martin Bauch on behalf of the Authors (15 Sep 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (22 Sep 2020) by Stefan Grab

AR by Martin Bauch on behalf of the Authors (02 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (05 Oct 2020) by Stefan Grab

AR by Martin Bauch on behalf of the Authors (13 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The onset of Little Ice Age cooling around 1310 CE was preceded in Europe by a series of droughts in the first decade of the 14th century that were uniquely severe in the period 1200–1400. Based mainly on information from chronicles and other historical texts, we reconstructed the socioeconomic and cultural impact of these events but also a seesaw pattern of multiannual droughts in the Mediterranean and Europe north of the Alps that has remarkable resemblances to the 2018–2019 dry period.