The 1421 St.Elisabeth flooding ‘event’ and the loss of “De Groote Waard”, the Netherlands.
Abstract
According to legend, a very severe storm in November 1421 caused catastrophic flooding and overnight loss of the larger part of “De Groote Waard”, a prosperous polder area in medieval The Netherlands. Allegedly, more than 25 villages were lost and thousands of people were killed. But what had really happened?..Similar works
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Last time updated on 14/06/2016
This paper was published in Utrecht University Repository.
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