Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples

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 ...

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• Authors: Herwig Wolfram, Herwig Wolfram, Herwig/ Dunlap Wolfram, Wolfram Herwig
• Assisted by: Thomas Dunlap (Translation), Dunlap Thomas (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2005
• EAN: 9780520244900
• ISBN: 978-0-520-24490-0
• No. of pages: 381
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, CE period up to c 1500, Ancient Rome, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, BCE period – Protohistory