Barbarian tides the migration age and the later Roman Empire
Goffart, Walter A
A clarification : the three meanings of "Migration Age" -- A recipe on trial : "the Germans overthrow the Roman Empire" -- An entrenched myth of origins : the Germans before Germany -- Jordane's "Getica" and the disputed authenticity of Gothic origins from Scandinavia -- The great Rhine crossing, A.D. 400-420, a case of barbarian migration -- The "techniques of accomodation" revisited -- None of them were Germans : northern barbarians in late antiquity -- Conclusion : the long simplification of late antiquity.;A clarification : the three meanings of "Migration Age" -- A recipe on trial : "the Germans overthrow the Roman Empire" -- An entrenched myth of origins : the Germans before Germany -- Jordanes's "Getica" and the disputed authenticity of Gothic origins from Scandinavia -- The great Rhine crossing, A.D. 400-420, a case of barbarian migration -- The "techniques of accomodation" revisited -- None of them were Germans : northern barbarians in late antiquity -- Conclusion : the long simplification of late antiquity.
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Jahr:
2006
Verlag:
University of Pennsylvania Press
Sprache:
english
ISBN 10:
0812239393
ISBN 13:
9780812239393
Serien:
Middle Ages series
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EPUB, 775 KB
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english, 2006