"In the fall season of A.D. 536 Cassiodorus sat at his writing table....." So Joel D. Gunn begins this interesting and unusual topic of study. Fifteen further papers discuss the climatic events and ramifications of that year, when the absence of sunlight turned the grapes bitter and gaunt faces walked the streets of Rome and all of Europe. This book examines the first millennium A.D. worldwide context of Cassiodorus and the situation he and his contemporaries experienced. Can we draw any comparisons with today's global changes?
Author(s): Joel D. Gunn (ed.)
Series: BAR British Archaeological Reports International Series 872
Publisher: BAR Publishing
Year: 2000
Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
1. A.D. 536 AND ITS 300-YEAR AFTERMATH
I. CHANGES IN POWER: DRY FOG IN EUROPE
II. CHANGES IN POWER: ECONOMIC AND MILITARY BALANCES IN THE MAYA LOWLANDS
III. CHANGES IN DYNASTIES AND EMPIRES: FAR HORIZONS
IV. CHANGES IN TIME AND TEMPERATURE: ARCHAEOLOGICAL TIME AND GLOBAL TEMPERATURE
V. CHANGES IN PLACE: MOVEMENT IN PREHISTORIC POPULATIONS
VI. CHANGES IN SOCIETY: ADJUSTING TO ELEVATED ENVIRONMENTS
VII. CHANGES OF SEASONS: SLIPPAGE OF SEASONAL PATTERNS
