The General Crisis
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The "General Crisis" is the term used by some historians to describe the period of widespread conflict and instability that occurred from the early 17th century to the early 18th century in Europe and in more recent historiography in the world at large.
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See also
- Demographic history
- Little Ice Age
- Crisis of the Late Middle Ages - another period of widespread social upheaval and rapid demographic shifts
- Medieval Warm Period - a period of relatively warm climate in the North Atlantic region from c.950-c.1250, which ended with the onset of the Little Ice Age
- Great Famine of 1315-1317
- Black Death
- Price revolution
- Revolutions of 1848
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