The Forgotten Floods of Medieval Europe: A Cautionary Tale for Our Times A recent study published in Nature sheds new light on a series of catastrophic floods that ravaged medieval Europe between 1341 and 1343.
Contrary to popular assumption, the famous St. Mary Magdalene's flood of 1342 was not an isolated incident but one of 16 major flood events that swept across the continent during this period.
The cumulative impact of these disasters was staggering: thousands of direct fatalities, countless more deaths from food shortages and disease, and widespread destruction of infrastructure.