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Famine and Pestilence in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Empire - A Systematic Survey of Subsistence Crises and Epidemics (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Famine and Pestilence in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Empire - A Systematic Survey of Subsistence Crises and Epidemics (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies
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Famine and Pestilence in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Empire
presents the first analytical account in English 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 gives 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 (e.g. the 6th-century Justinianic
plague) and a comprehensive analysis of subsistence crises and
epidemics as agents of historical causation. As such it makes an
important 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.
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