Small ice age: as the climate changed history, 1300–1850. Feigan Brian

Imagine that grapes are growing in England, and you can swim to Greenland and even America at the Drakkara Vikings nonsense. Several centuries ago it was a reality, but then in Europe - including our country, it became much colder. People had to learn to survive in a new era that went down in history as a small ice age.

and, I must say, people were very successful in this - and difficult weather conditions turned out to be both evil and good: they forced to invent new technologies , master the continents, improve science. This book tells the story of the most difficult, but possibly the most progressive period in the history of Europe.