The Middle Ages Warm Period - New Agricultural Technologies

What three factors brought about Europe's medieval agricultural revolution?

A shift in climate made Northern Europe much warmer than it had been before. A shift in political climate and the end of Viking raids brought stability to Northern Europe. A host of new agricultural technologies and techniques spread across Europe.

What was the result of warming temperatures for agricultural in northern Europe?

The soil was dry and shallow, The Medieval Warm Period allowed the farms of Northern Europe to out produce their Mediterranean counterparts.

What happened during the warm period?

The earth's temperature might have increased by as much as one degree centigrade.

What shift in political climate happened during this time that made people safer?

This, in turn, resulted in a shift of power and importance away from the Mediterranean basin, which no longer enjoyed its old surpluses, and to the untapped fertile lands of Northern Europe.