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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext "[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 Zusammenfassung 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. This book presents the history that spans the great migrations of the Germanic people and the rise and fall of their kingdoms between the third and eighth centuries. Inhaltsverzeichnis LIST OF GENEALOGICAL CHARTS CHRONOLOGIES INTRODUCTION ONE Kings, Heroes, and Tribal Origins TWO The Empire and the "New" Peoples:From the Marcomannic Wars to the End of the Third Century THREE The Germanic Peoples as Enemies and Servants of the Empire in the Fourth Century FOUR Emperorship and Kingship on Roman Soil FIVE The Hunnic Alternative SIX The Kingdom of Toulouse (418-507):Pioneering Achievement and Failed Accommodation SEVEN The Vandals (406-534): A Unique Case? EIGHT Odovacar, or the Roman Empire That Did Not End NINE Theodoric (451-526) and Clovis (466/467-511) TEN A Battle for Rome (526l535-552/555) ELEVEN Britain Too Was Not Conquered:The Making of England in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries TWELVE The Burgundians: Weakness and Resilience (407/413-534) THIRTEEN The Spanish Kingdom of the Visigoths (507/568-711/725):The First Nation of Europe FOURTEEN The Longobard Epilogue (488-643/652) FIFTEEN The Transformation of the Roman World LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX MAPS ...
