Plague and the end of antiquity : the pandemic of 541-750 / edited by Lester K. Little.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Little, Lester K.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plague--Europe--History--To 1500.

Plague.

Plague--Byzantine Empire--History--To 1500.

Plague--history.

History.

Byzantium.

Europe.

Disease Outbreaks--history.

History, Medieval.

Byzantine Empire.

Medical Subjects:

Plague--history.

Byzantium.

Europe.

Disease Outbreaks--history.

History, Medieval.

Physical Description:

xiv, 360 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press in association with the American Academy in Rome, 2007.

Contents:

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 non-literary sources / Peter Sarris

Consilia humana, ops divina, superstitio: 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

Towards a molecular history of the Justinianic pandemic / Michael McCormick.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-354) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0521846390

9780521846394

OCLC:

65361042

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