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14th December 1287: St Lucia’s Flood kills over 50,000 people around the North Sea
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:49
Publish Date: 2017-12-13 21:05:35
Description: In the medieval period the Netherlands, whose name literally means ‘lower countries’, consisted of large areas of boggy land around the winding estuaries of three of the largest rivers in Europe. Although prone to flooding, the fertile areas close to the sea had attracted many settlers by the 10th century and, by the turn of the millennium, the population began to increase rapidly. The construction of dikes to hold back the sea consequently became an important part of life in the area. Draining the peat bogs that were left behind provided arable land to feed the growing population, but it ...
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