| Description |
xiv, 360 p. : map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-354) and index. |
| 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 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: 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. |
| Subject |
Plague -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Plague -- Byzantine Empire -- History -- To 1500.
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Epidemics -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Epidemics -- Byzantine Empire -- History -- To 1500.
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| Added Author |
Little, Lester K., editor.
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| Added Title |
Pandemic of 541-750 |
| ISBN |
9780521846394 |
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0521846390 |
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