Foreword Ancient Epidemics The Necessity of a Multidisciplinary Approach

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword Ancient Epidemics The Necessity of a Multidisciplinary Approach VII
3. Contents IX
4. Acknowledgments XI
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1 What is Plague? 9
7. Chapter 2 Inside the Molecular World of Yersinia pestis 25
8. Chapter 3 Aggravating Factors of Plague 41
9. Chapter 4 Plague-resembling Epidemics from Antiquity to Byzantium 71
10. Chapter 5 First Plague Pandemic 85
11. Chapter 6 The Second Plague Pandemic 105
12. Chapter 7 Analysis of the First Pandemic 123
13. Chapter 8 Analysis of the Second Pandemic 153
14. Chapter 9 Theories on the Disappearance of Plague (751–1346) 185
15. Epilogue 191
16. Lists of Tables, Figures and Maps 201
17. Bibliography 203
18. Glossary 235
19. Index of Names and Places 239
20. Subject Index 246