Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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The names of early Germanic warrior tribes and leaders resound in songs and legends; the real story of the part they played in reshaping the ancient world is no less gripping. Herwig Wolfram's panoramic history spans the great migrations of the Germanic peoples and the rise and fall of their kingdoms between the third and eighth centuries, as they invaded, settled in, and ultimately transformed the Roman Empire. As Germanic military kings and their fighting bands created kingdoms, and won political and military recognition from imperial governments through alternating confrontation and accommodation, the 'tribes' lost their shared culture and social structure, and became sharply differentiated. They acquired their own regions and their own histories, which blended with the history of the empire. In Wolfram's words, 'the Germanic people neither destroyed the Roman world nor restored it; instead, they made a home for themselves within it'. This story is far from the 'decline and fall' interpretation that held sway until recent decades.Wolfram's narrative, based on his sweeping grasp of documentary and archaeological evidence, brings new clarity to a poorly understood period of Western history.

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Utgivningsdatum:2005-03-18
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:590 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:University of California Press
Antal sidor:381
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520244900
Översättare:Thomas Dunlap

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Herwig Wolfram is Professor of History at the University of Vienna. His earlier History of the Goths (California, 1988) has been widely acclaimed. Thomas Dunlap, translator of History of the Goths and a number of other books including Joachim Bumke's Courtly Culture (California, 1991), lives and works in Belmont, Massachusetts.

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"[Wolfram's] detailed survey makes clear the breathtaking transformation wrought by the Germanic tribes." - Kirkus Reviews "[A] classic work.... This clever and subtle text... comes over clearly, unravelling the kaleidoscopic hybridity of the world of Goths, Vandals, Huns, Burgundians, Franks and Lombards." - Times Literary Supplement "[Wolfram] explores the high points in the history of a number of closely related Germanic societies as they faced the power of the Roman Empire and Roman imperial society.... This is a learned, sophisticated, and valuable book - one which can address the interests of people on all levels of erudition." - Robert L. Benson, co-editor of Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century"

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LIST OF GENEALOGICAL CHARTS CHRONOLOGIES INTRODUCTION ONEKings, Heroes, and Tribal Origins TWOThe Empire and the "New" Peoples:From the Marcomannic Wars to the End of the Third Century THREEThe Germanic Peoples as Enemies and Servants of the Empire in the Fourth CenturyFOUREmperorship and Kingship on Roman Soil FIVEThe Hunnic Alternative SIXThe Kingdom of Toulouse (418-507):Pioneering Achievement and Failed Accommodation SEVENThe Vandals (406-534): A Unique Case? EIGHTOdovacar, or the Roman Empire That Did Not End NINETheodoric (451-526) and Clovis (466/467-511) TENA Battle for Rome (526l535-552/555) ELEVENBritain Too Was Not Conquered:The Making of England in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries TWELVEThe Burgundians: Weakness and Resilience (407/413-534) THIRTEENThe Spanish Kingdom of the Visigoths (507/568-711/725):The First Nation of Europe FOURTEENThe Longobard Epilogue (488-643/652) FIFTEENThe Transformation of the Roman World LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEXMAPS