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Neglected Barbarians
Although barbarians in history is a topic of perennial interest, most studies have addressed a small number of groups for which continuous narratives can be constructed, such as the Franks, Goths, and Anglo-Saxons. This volume examines groups less accessible in the literary and archaeological eviden...
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | Neglected Barbarians / [40th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, May 5-8, 2005]; edited by Florin Curta |
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Turnhout :
Brepols (éditions)
, 2010 |
| Collection : | Studies in the early Middle Ages (Online) ; 32 |
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Accès Nantes Université
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| Documents associés : | Autre format:
Neglected Barbarians |
| Résumé : | Although barbarians in history is a topic of perennial interest, most studies have addressed a small number of groups for which continuous narratives can be constructed, such as the Franks, Goths, and Anglo-Saxons. This volume examines groups less accessible in the literary and archaeological evidence. Scholars from thirteen countries examine the history and archaeology of groups for whom literary evidence is too scant to contribute to current theoretical debates about ethnicity. Ranging from the Baltic and northern Caucasus to Spain and North Africa and over a time period from 300 to 900, the essays address three main themes. Why is a given barbarian group neglected? How much can we know about a group and in what ways can we bring up this information? What sorts of future research are necessary to extend or fill out our understanding? Some papers treat these questions organically. Others use case studies to establish what we know and how we can advance. Drawing on those separate lines of research, the conclusion proposes an alternative reading of Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, viewed not from the centre of the privileged but from the periphery of the neglected groups. Neglected Barbarians covers a longer time span than similar studies of this kind, while its frequent use of the newest archaeological evidence has no parallel in any book so far published in any language. |
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| Notes : | Notice rédigée d'après la consultation du 2012-10-24 L'impression du document génère 631 p. Titre provenant de l'écran d'accueil |
| Historique des publications : | Numérisation de l'édition de Turnhout : Brepols, 2010 |
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| Bibliographie : | Notes bibliogr. |
| ISBN : | 978-2-503-53965-2 |