Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie studied family unit in France throughout time. He was convinced the large long term communities resulted in economic-social thriving areas of mercantilism and educational learning. As agriculture declined, so would the wages of peasants in countryside. This would result in a crisis when population increased, wages decreased, and food production plunged. In addition, Ladurie studied climate change. Ladurie argued that the Vikings went to North America to find a warmer and more suitable climate due the the cold in Europe during that period. Ladurie furthered the Annales school's cause.
What led to certain area become densely populated?
What were the climate conditions in the 16th century that caused an agricultural crisis?
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