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On Barbarian Identity : Critical Approaches to Ethnicity in the Early Middle Ages
Ethnicity has been central to medieval studies since the Goths, Franks, Alamanni and other barbarian settlers of the former Roman empire were first seen as part of Germanic antiquity. Today, two paradigms dominate interpretation of barbarian Europe. In history, theories of how tribes formed ( ethnog...
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | On Barbarian Identity : Critical Approaches to Ethnicity in the Early Middle Ages / [édité par] Andrew Gillett |
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Turnhout :
Brepols (éditions)
, 2002 |
| Collection : | Studies in the early Middle Ages (Online) ; 4 |
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Accès Nantes Université
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| Documents associés : | Autre format:
On Barbarian identity |
| Résumé : | Ethnicity has been central to medieval studies since the Goths, Franks, Alamanni and other barbarian settlers of the former Roman empire were first seen as part of Germanic antiquity. Today, two paradigms dominate interpretation of barbarian Europe. In history, theories of how tribes formed ( ethnogenesis ) assert the continuity of Germanic identities from prehistory through the Middle Ages, and see cultural rather than biological factors as the means of preserving these identities. In archaeology, the culture history approach has long claimed to be able to trace movements of peoples not attested in the historical record, by identifying ethnically-specific material goods. The papers in this volume challenge the concepts and methodologies of these two models. The authors explore new ways to understand barbarians in the early Middle Ages, and to analyse the images of the period constructed by modern scholarship. Two responses to the papers, one by a leading exponent of the ethnogenesis approach, the other by a leading critic, continue this important debate. |
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| Notes : | Notice rédigée d'après la consultation du 2011-04-06 L'impression du document génère 265 p. Titre provenant de l'écran d'accueil |
| Historique des publications : | Numérisation de l'édition de Turnhout : Brepols, 2002 |
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| Bibliographie : | Notes bibliogr. Index |
| ISBN : | 978-2-503-53872-3 |