HI101 Lecture 9: HI101 9TH LECTURE.docx
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Dust-veils and pandemics: the sixth century and the end of antiquity. Key questions: what impact did the major natural catastrophes and late antiquity have on european and. Year without summer : comet/ asteroid vs. volcanic eruption, cooling of earths temp, dry fog, talk about how the dust veil was the reason for the dark ages, talk about it being the worst disaster in history. Plague: thinks it began in pelusium (541) where the first case was reported, swept over all of europe, reoccurred over 3 centuries, the 3 pandemics, justinian plague, black death, third pandemic (19th century china, yersinia pestis. The justinian plague: primary sources: syriac, arabic, greek. Justinian became ill but recovered: lost half of taxpayers. The plague in spain: chronicle of zaragoza, lots of trade between italy and spain, valencia burials, from mid-6th century, highly disordered- bodies just thrown in there. The plague in england and ireland: bede, ecclesiastical history, adomnan, life of columba.
