... of Europe were obsessed with death, or rather that it seems so from our modern day perspective. The environment had a major impact on the population in the 14th Century, as the people of Europe saw a severe downturn in the climate manifested in a long run of short wet summers and long cold winters. This was caused by freak sunspot activity by the solar systems star. The result of this was the expansion of glaciers in the north, and generally wetter, colder weather for most of Europe. For the mid-north or 'Golden basin' of Europe, the main wheat and barley supplier this was disastrous. Harvests were bad due to the damp weather and corn was rotting in the fields. This caused mass famine over most of Europe, as bread was the staple food of this area, and for many of the peasants the only thing on the menu. People were ...

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