(Not so) Distant Mirrors: a complex macro-comparison of polities and political, economic and religious systems in the crisis of the 14th century By Johannes Preiser-Kapeller

https://www.academia.edu/512025/_Not_so_Distant_Mirrors_a_complex_macro_comparison_of_polities_and_political_economic_and_religious_systems_in_the_crisis_of_the_14th_century In the “calamitous” 14th century, as Barbara Tuchman called it in her classic „A Distant Mirror“ (1978) , the medieval world entered a period of severe crisis in demography, economy, politics and religion. This crisis took hold in all regions, ranging from China in the East to England in the West. Even before the catastrophic pandemic of the Black Death (1346-1352), deteriorating climatic conditions had ended t