The Early Germans
von: Malcolm Todd
Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
ISBN: 9781405137560
Sprache: Englisch
282 Seiten, Download: 20265 KB
Format: PDF, auch als Online-Lesen
List of Illustrations | 11 | ||
Foreword to the Second Edition | 13 | ||
Foreword to the First Edition | 15 | ||
Abbreviations | 16 | ||
Introduction: Rediscovery | 17 | ||
The Germani | 17 | ||
Origins | 24 | ||
Languages | 27 | ||
Part I Germania | 31 | ||
1 Land and People | 33 | ||
The Land | 33 | ||
Germans, Celts and the Eastern Peoples | 35 | ||
2 The Social Fabric | 44 | ||
The Institutions of Society | 44 | ||
Armament and Warfare | 51 | ||
3 The Germans and the Advance of Rome | 60 | ||
Early Encounters | 60 | ||
Roman Frontiers | 69 | ||
Germans in the Service of Rome | 75 | ||
4 The Living and the Dead | 78 | ||
The Forms of Settlement | 78 | ||
The Agricultural Economy | 92 | ||
Burial of the Dead | 96 | ||
5 Trade and Diplomacy | 100 | ||
Roman Diplomacy and the Early Germans | 100 | ||
Trade with the Roman Empire | 103 | ||
6 Cult, Art and Technology | 119 | ||
Deities and their Sanctuaries | 119 | ||
Human Sacrifice | 125 | ||
Myth and Ritual | 130 | ||
Christianity | 134 | ||
Crafts and Craftsmanship | 136 | ||
The Origins of Germanic Art | 148 | ||
Part II Germanic Europe | 153 | ||
7 The Gothic Kingdoms | 155 | ||
Gothic Origins | 155 | ||
The Visigoths | 158 | ||
The Ostrogoths | 179 | ||
8 The Suebi and Vandals | 188 | ||
The Suebi | 188 | ||
The Vandals | 191 | ||
9 Franks, Alamanni and Burgundians | 195 | ||
The Franks: From Gaul to Francia | 195 | ||
The Alamanni | 209 | ||
The Burgundians | 213 | ||
10 The Northern Peoples | 218 | ||
The Saxons and Frisians | 218 | ||
Scandinavia | 226 | ||
11 The Gepids and Lombards | 236 | ||
The Gepids | 236 | ||
The Lombards | 241 | ||
12 The Thuringians and Bavarians | 255 | ||
Conclusion: From Antiquity to Today | 258 | ||
Sources | 271 | ||
Bibliography | 272 | ||
Index | 277 |