Famine and Pestilence in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Empire: A Systematic Survey of Subsistence Crises and Epidemics (Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Monographs) (Hardback)
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Short Description for Famine and Pestilence in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Empire An analytical account of the history of subsistence crises and epidemic diseases in Late Antiquity. Based on a catalogue of all such events in the East Roman/Byzantine empire between 284 and 750, it presents an account of the causes, effects and internal mechanisms of these crises.
Full description- Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited
- Published: 01 March 2004
- Format: Hardback 422 pages
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- Categories: Society & Culture: General | Famine | Social & Cultural Anthropology | Medical Anthropology | General & World History | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Early History: C 500 To C 1450/1500
- ISBN 13: 9780754630210 ISBN 10: 0754630218
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Full description for Famine and Pestilence in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Empire
An analytical account of the history of subsistence crises and epidemic diseases in Late Antiquity. Based on a catalogue of all such events in the East Roman/Byzantine empire between 284 and 750, it presents an authoritative analysis of the causes, effects and internal mechanisms of these crises and incorporates modern medical and physiological data on epidemics and famines. Its interest is both in the history of medicine and the history of Late Antiquity, especially its social and demographic aspects. Stathakopoulos develops models of crises that apply not only to the society of the late Roman and early Byzantine world, but also to early modern and even contemporary societies in Africa or Asia. This study is therefore both a work of reference for information on particular events (for example, the 6th-century Justinianic plague) and a comprehensive analysis of subsistence crises and epidemics as agents of historical causation. As such, it makes a contribution to the ongoing debate on Late Antiquity, bringing a fresh perspective to comment on the characteristic features that shaped this period and differentiate it from Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
