{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9c4dc3cd-147f-442d-b0d3-033f45c2648c/725a3808-ba6c-48be-b5c7-ea6bf8dd99fa?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"89 The Great Famine","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611e6f1506c05e01b3f408d6/611f7af427513b0013d0b4ab.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px;\">For a long time we have been having a ball, economy wise - the medieval warm period, towns springing up all over the place, prices gently rising, population growing. So the Great Famine of 1315-1317 came as a terrible shock. Over 500-750,000 people died, as years of bad weather destroyed the feeling of economic well being. The question is whether or not this was a blip or part of a wider trend?</span></p><div class=\"feedflare\">\r\n<a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=-dNT64dKzPY:wZ10WbmCpSM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=-dNT64dKzPY:wZ10WbmCpSM:63t7Ie-LG7Y\"><img src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y\" border=\"0\"></img></a> <a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=-dNT64dKzPY:wZ10WbmCpSM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img...","author_name":"David Crowther"}