About the book: 1971 / The book presents pictures of climate change over the past millennium, with the greatest attention paid to the territory of Western Europe and North America, and in regarding the XVI-XIX centuries. — comparison with the current state of the climate. In addition to the results of direct meteorological observations, phenological, dendrological, geological, glaciological materials, various information from the history of economic development and other aspects of the cultural and economic life of society are also widely used. The regime of glaciers in the Alps from 1600 to the present is examined in great detail. The monograph is of interest both to general scientists - meteorologists, climatologists, glaciologists, and to a wide variety of readers, since climate change issues are of interest to many: in the book by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, the depth of the scientific approach is combined with the accessibility of presentation.