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Medieval Diaries Shed Light on Climate Change
Bradley S. Klapper, Associated Press
Sept. 17, 2007 — A librarian at this 10th century monastery leads a visitor beneath the vaulted ceilings of the archive past the skulls of two former abbots. He pushes aside medieval ledgers of indulgences and absolutions, pulls out one of 13 bound diaries inscribed from 1671 to 1704 and starts to read about the weather.