Contents List of Entries by Broad Topic, xi Introduction, xvii Timeline, xxi Abandonment, 1 AIDS and Plague, 2 al-Asqalani, Ibn Hajar (1372–1449), 3 Alchemy, 4 Allah, 5 Almanacs, 6 al-Manbiji, Muhammad (d. 1383), 7 al-Maqrizi, Muhammad (al-Makrizi 1363/ 4–1442), 8 Amulets, Talismans, and Magic, 9 Anatomy and Dissection, 10 Animals, 12 Anticlericalism, 14 Anti–Semitism and Anti–Jewish Violence before the Black Death, 14 Apocalypse and Apocalypticism, 16 Apothecaries, 17 Arabic-Persian Medicine and Practitioners, 19 Armenian Bole, 21 Armies, 21 Arrows, 22 Ars moriendi (The Art of Dying), 23 Art, Effects of Plague on, 24 Articella, 27 Astrology, 27 Athens, Plague of, 28 Avicenna (Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina 980–1037), 29 Barcelona, Spain, 31 Bells, 32 Bertrand, Jean-Baptiste (1670–1752), 33 Bezoar Stones, 33 Bible, 34 Biblical Plagues, 36 Bills of Health, 37 Bills of Mortality, 38 Bimaristans (also Maristans), 40 Bishops and Popes, 41 Black Death (1347–1352), 42 Black Death: Debate over the Medical Nature of, 46 Black Death: Origins and Early Spread, 48 Black Death, Plague, and Pestilence (Terms), 52 Bleeding/Phlebotomy, 52 Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313–1375), 53 v