Plague and the End of Antiquity

Plague and the End of Antiquity: The Pandemic of 541-750
Author: Lester K. Little ID: 052171897X

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“…this work escapes the fate of so many single-subject edited volumes, remaining interesting and thought-provoking throughout. Each chapter has new ideas to provide the reader, and Little does an admirable job of editing a comprehensive volume with a minimum of repetition. ….It is an excellent scholarly discussion and a base from which further research can occur. …this book is an indication that this fascinating topic is finally receiving the scholarly attention it deserves.” BMCR

“For those who want an indepth discussion of discrete topics, i wholeheartedly recommend Plague and the End of Antiquity.”
Raymond J. Dawttwyler, M.D. The New England Journal of Medicine

” is a fascinating collection of essays by specialists in history, archaeology, epidemiology, and molecular biology…” –New York Review of Books

“Plaque and the End of Antiquity is a fascinating collection of essays by specialists in history, archeology, epidemiology, and molecular biology…”
Eamon Duffy, The New York Review of Books

“The authors’ successful integration of insights from many fields provides a thorough account of the pandemic’s origins, lethality, waxings, and wanings… Plague and the End of Antiquity …provide[s] an ideal historic basis for dealing with the many facets of plague today and in the future.”
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Book Description

Plague was a key factor in the waning of Antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages. In this volume, the first on the subject, twelve scholars from a variety of disciplines-history, archaeology, epidemiology, and molecular biology- have produced a comprehensive account of the pandemic’s origins, spread, and mortality, as well as its economic, social, political, and religious effects.

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Paperback: 382 pagesPublisher: Cambridge University Press (January 14, 2008)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 052171897XISBN-13: 978-0521718974 Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #1,212,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #261 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & health Sciences > Medicine > Clinical > Forensic Medicine #496 in Books > medical books > Medicine > Internal Medicine > Pathology > Forensic Medicine #2161 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > history > Ancient

Factors like epidemics as important historical forces have been largely underestimated. Little information has survived from these dark centuries and even less facts are available. This book tries to assess the demographic, economic and fiscal consequences of one of the first big epidemics which was recognised as such. Bringing in new methodologic approaches from biochemistry, the authors allow a clearer view with new facts.Due to the fact that we know very little from our written sources and even the demographics of antiquity are only in the beginnings, these new scientific approaches are an absolute necessity.
A must for any student of the dark ages.

I needed a book to take on a recent business trip and a friend recommended this. It was very good. An excellent survey of the effects of disease in late antiquity.

Very good initial resource on the plague of Justinian.

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