Regna and gentes : the relationship between late antique and early medieval peoples and kingdoms in the transformation of the Roman world
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Regna and gentes : the relationship between late antique and early medieval peoples and kingdoms in the transformation of the Roman world
（The transformation of the Roman world, v. 13）
Brill, 2003
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Description
In the research on "The transformation of the Roman world" relatively little attention has been paid to the transformation of early medieval peoples and the development of their communities into kingdoms, and we lack a comparative study on this subject. The aim of this volume is, therefore, to examine the relationship between gens and regnum by systematically comparing the "Germanic" and non-Germanic successor states of the Roman Empire, a question that leads to important results about the role of ethnic processes and of political developments in the formation of the new kingdoms. By trying to answer leading questions, 16 authors (historians, archaeologists and linguists) deal with ten important kingdoms of this period and with their political and legal context (role of the Empire and the law-codes). An introduction to the subject and its inherent problems and a comparative conclusion summarizing the results completes the volume.
Contributors: Javier Arce, Ann Christys, Evangelos Chrysos, Falko Daim, Hans-Werner Goetz, Matthias Hardt, Peter Heather, Joerg Jarnut, J.H.W.G. Liebeschuetz, Walter Pohl, Michael Schmauder, Isabel Velazquez, Ian N. Wood, Alex Woolf, Patrick Wormald, and Barbara Yorke.
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Introduction Hans-Werner Goetz
The Empire, the gentes and the regna, Evangelos Chrysos
The Leges Barbarorum: law and ethnicity in the post-Roman West Patrick Wormald
Gens into regnum: the Vandals J.H.W.G. Liesbeschuetz
Gens and regnum: among the Ostrogoths Peter Heather
The enigmatic fifth century in Hispania: some historical problems Javier Arce
Pro patriae gentisque Gothorum statv, Isabel Velazquez
The Transformation of Hispania after 711 Ann Christys
Gentes, kings and kingdoms- the emergence of states. The kingdom of the Gibichungs Ian N. Wood
The relationship between Frankish gens and regnum a proposal based on the archaeological evidence Michael Schmauder
Gens, kings and kingsdoms: the Franks Hans-Werner Goetz
The Britons: from Romans to barbarians Alex Woolf
Anglo-Saxon gentes and regna, Barbara Yorke
Gens, rex and regnum of the Lombards Jorg Jarnut
The Bavarians Matthias Hardt
Avars and avar archaeology. An introduction Falko Daim
A Non-Roman Empire in central Europe: the Avars alter Pohl
Conclusion
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