Lester K. Little

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

Part I. Introduction: 1. Life and afterlife of the first plague pandemic Lester K. Little 2. Historians and epidemics: simple questions, complex answers Jo N. Hays Part II. The Near East: 3. For whom does the writer write?: the first bubonic plague pandemic according to Syriac sources Michael Morony 4. Justinian plague in Syria and the archaeological evidence Hugh N. Kennedy Part III. The Byzantine Empire: 5. Crime and punishment: the plague in the Byzantine empire 541-749 Dionysios Stathakopoulos 6. Bubonic plague in Byzantium: the evidence of the non-literary sources Peter Sarris Part IV. The Latin West: 7. 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 8. Plague in Spanish late antiquity Michael Kulikowski 9. Plague in seventh-century England John Maddicott 10. The plague and its consequences in Ireland Ann Dooley Part V. The Challenge of Epidemiology and Molecular Biology: 11. Ecology, evolution, and epidemiology of plague Robert Sallares 12. Towards a molecular history of the Justiniac pandemic Michael McCormick.