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Els terratrèmols dels segles XIV i XV a Catalunya

Els terratrèmols dels segles XIV i XV a Catalunya Book Reviews 335 Els terratre`mols dels segles XIV i XV a Catalunya C. OLIVERA,E.REDONDO,J.LAMBERT,A.RIERA MELIS and A. ROCA, 2006 Barcelona: Institut Cartogra ` fic de Catalunya 407 pp. ISBN 9788439369615 Between 1373 and 1448, 47 earthquakes were recorded in Catalonia, of which four were major tremors (in 1373, 1427, 1428 and 1448). That of 2 February 1428 was the largest and most destructive in this series, measuring 8 or 9 on a 12 point scale of intensity and it appears to have killed about 1,000 people. The rose window in the church of Santa Maria del Mar in Barcelona collapsed, the monastic town of Camprodon was leveled, and almost all the inhabitants of the village of Queralbs in the Pyrenean Ribes Valley were killed. Late medieval seismic activity is meticulously analysed in this collaboration between historians and seismic geologists. The purpose of the book is partly to evaluate the current risk of substantial earthquakes in the Pyrenees, where all these geological events were centred. The research into medieval records makes it possible definitively to separate real tremors from false or confused reports. There is also a more purely historical significance to this work. Using archival documents, the authors are http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean Taylor & Francis

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Book Reviews 335 Els terratre`mols dels segles XIV i XV a Catalunya C. OLIVERA,E.REDONDO,J.LAMBERT,A.RIERA MELIS and A. ROCA, 2006 Barcelona: Institut Cartogra ` fic de Catalunya 407 pp. ISBN 9788439369615 Between 1373 and 1448, 47 earthquakes were recorded in Catalonia, of which four were major tremors (in 1373, 1427, 1428 and 1448). That of 2 February 1428 was the largest and most destructive in this series, measuring 8 or 9 on a 12 point scale of intensity and it appears to have killed...
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Book Reviews 335 Els terratre`mols dels segles XIV i XV a Catalunya C. OLIVERA,E.REDONDO,J.LAMBERT,A.RIERA MELIS and A. ROCA, 2006 Barcelona: Institut Cartogra ` fic de Catalunya 407 pp. ISBN 9788439369615 Between 1373 and 1448, 47 earthquakes were recorded in Catalonia, of which four were major tremors (in 1373, 1427, 1428 and 1448). That of 2 February 1428 was the largest and most destructive in this series, measuring 8 or 9 on a 12 point scale of intensity and it appears to have killed about 1,000 people. The rose window in the church of Santa Maria del Mar in Barcelona collapsed, the monastic town of Camprodon was leveled, and almost all the inhabitants of the village of Queralbs in the Pyrenean Ribes Valley were killed. Late medieval seismic activity is meticulously analysed in this collaboration between historians and seismic geologists. The purpose of the book is partly to evaluate the current risk of substantial earthquakes in the Pyrenees, where all these geological events were centred. The research into medieval records makes it possible definitively to separate real tremors from false or confused reports. There is also a more purely historical significance to this work. Using archival documents, the authors are

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