Historical records reveal the bitter truth about 17th-century Transylvania's climate

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Nov 2, 2026, 3:17 pm127 ptsTrending
For roughly five centuries from about 1300, Europe experienced periods of unusually cold weather and extreme conditions collectively known as the Little Ice Age. Transylvania, a historical region in modern-day Romania, was also affected, but information about just how severe things were had been scattered in…

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