Plague and the end of antiquity the pandemic of 541-750

In this volume, 12 scholars from various disciplines - have produced a comprehensive account of the pandemic's origins, spread, and mortality, as well as its economic, social, political, and religious effects.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Little, Lester K. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press 2007.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Life and afterlife of the first plague pandemic / Lester K. Little
  • Historians and epidemics: simple questions, complex answers / Jo N. Hays
  • For whom does the writer write?: the first bubonic plague pandemic according to Syriac sources / Michael G. Morony
  • Justinianic plague in Syria and the archaeological evidence / Hugh N. Kennedy
  • Crime and punishment: the plague in the Byzantine Empire, 541-749 / Dionysios Stathakopoulos
  • Bubonic plague in Byzantium: the evidence of the non-literary sources / Peter Sarris
  • Consilia humana, ops divina, superstitio (Livy 7,2): seeking succor and solace in times of plague, with particular reference to Gaul in the early Middle Ages / Alain J. Stoclet
  • Plague in Spanish late antiquity / Michael Kulikowski
  • Plague in seventh-century England / John Maddicott
  • The plague and its consequences in Ireland / Ann Dooley
  • Ecology, evolution, and epidemiology of plague / Robert Sallares
  • Toward a molecular history of the Justinianic pandemic / Michael McCormick.