31/12/2000English170, Illustrated with maps, charts and line drawings.S872BAR International Series
The Years without Summer
Tracing A.D. 536 and its aftermath
Edited by Joel D. Gunn
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“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
