The Roman Empire and its Germanic peoples
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The Roman Empire and its Germanic peoples
University of California Press, 2005, c1997
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Das Reich und die Germanen
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"First paperback printing 2005"--T.p verso
Translation of: Das Reich und die Germanen. Berlin : W.J. Siedler, 1990
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-345) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
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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