Plague and the end of antiquity : the pandemic of 541-750 / edited by Lester K. Little.
| Other author | Little, Lester K. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. |
| Description | xiv, 360 pages : map ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| 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 (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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-354) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006009895 |
| ISBN | 9780521846394 |
| ISBN | 0521846390 |