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

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- Published: 2026-11-02T20:17:08+00:00
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- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-11-historical-reveal-bitter-truth-17th.html
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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 old town records, church logs, travelogs and administrative and monastic diaries.

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