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Six tips from the middle ages on how to beat the summer heat

(Version anglaise seulement)

par James Clark, Professor of Medieval History, University of Exeter

England has entered its fourth heatwave of 2025. Historical comparisons for our current weather situation have seemed to beach at 1976.

Seared into the memory of many Britons over 55, that was the year when temperatures stuck at 30 degrees and there was no rain for nearly 50 days in a row. As a result, the UK government was forced to ration water. But Britain’s longest dry spell of the 20th…

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