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

Weitere Verfasser: Little, Lester K.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Umfang/Format: xiv, 360 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Europa
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 2 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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 (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
  • Towards a molecular history of the Justinianic pandemic / Michael McCormick.