The Political Crisis in France - Part Two

Mother nature decided to ravage french agriculture just as the political structure of the kingdom was teetering on the brink. Climate fluctuations played hell with traditional farming expectations and almost ly played a role in sparking the flower war that we talked about back in episode three point three. Compounding this problem was the great loky eruption of 17 83 up in iceland, which pumped out enormous clouds of poisonous gas,. killing live stock and crops and leading to widespread famine. But despite these ongoing climate problems, france enjoyed a pretty bountiful harvest That once again gave encouragement to the market reformers who followed in tergo's footsteps.