| Description |
xiv, 360 pages : map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Plague -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Plague -- Byzantine Empire -- History -- To 1500.
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Plague -- history.
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Disease Outbreaks -- history.
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History, Medieval.
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Byzantium.
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Europe.
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Plague. (OCoLC)fst01065045
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Byzantine Empire. (OCoLC)fst01209292
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
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Pest (ziekte)
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Pandemie.
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Pandemie. (DE-588)4737034-8
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Pest. (DE-588)4045326-1
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Byzantinisches Reich. (DE-588)4009256-2
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Europa. (DE-588)4015701-5
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Pandemie.
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Pest.
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Byzantinisches Reich.
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Europa.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 541-750.
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To 1500
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Geschichte 541-750.
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| Indexed Term |
Antiquity |
| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Kongress.
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Rom (2001)
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| Added Author |
Little, Lester K.
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| ISBN |
9780521846394 |
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0521846390 |
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052171897X |
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9780521718974 |
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