What happened in the late sixteenth century to make bread riots increasingly common?
a) The Little Ice Age, with below-average temperatures, more rain, and shorter growing seasons, meant frequent shortages of grain.
b) The demand by New World colonies for food meant most grain harvests did not remain in Europe.
Consider This: How important was grain as a component in the average European diet at this time? See 1.1.3: The Seeds of Violence.
c) Newly organized professional armies, serving year-round, ate more food, leading to shortages in the general population.
Consider This: How important was grain as a component in the average European diet at this time? See 1.1.3: The Seeds of Violence.
d) Bread riots were never about food, but simply a means of letting off steam.
Consider This: How important was grain as a component in the average European diet at this time? See 1.1.3: The Seeds of Violence.
a) The Little Ice Age, with below-average temperatures, more rain, and shorter growing seasons, meant frequent shortages of grain.
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