Barbarian tides the migration age and the later Roman Empire /
Goffart, Walter A.
Barbarian tides the migration age and the later Roman Empire / [electronic resource] : Walter Goffart. - Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006. - x, 372 p. - The Middle Ages series . - Middle Ages series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-364) and index.
A clarification : the three meanings of "Migration Age" -- A recipe on trial : "the Germans overthrow the Roman Empire" -- An entrenched myth of origins : the Germans before Germany -- Jordanes's "Getica" and the disputed authenticity of Gothic origins from Scandinavia -- The great Rhine crossing, A.D. 400-420, a case of barbarian migration -- The "techniques of accomodation" revisited -- None of them were Germans : northern barbarians in late antiquity - Conclusion : the long simplification of late antiquity. A clarification : the three meanings of "Migration Age" -- A recipe on trial : "the Germans overthrow the Roman Empire" -- An entrenched myth of origins : the Germans before Germany -- Jordane's "Getica" and the disputed authenticity of Gothic origins from Scandinavia -- The great Rhine crossing, A.D. 400-420, a case of barbarian migration -- The "techniques of accomodation" revisited -- None of them were Germans : northern barbarians in late antiquity - Conclusion : the long simplification of late antiquity.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780812200287 (electronic bk.)
Migrations of nations.
Europe--History--392-814.
Rome--History--Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries.
Electronic books.
D135 / .G65 2006
937/.09
Barbarian tides the migration age and the later Roman Empire / [electronic resource] : Walter Goffart. - Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006. - x, 372 p. - The Middle Ages series . - Middle Ages series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-364) and index.
A clarification : the three meanings of "Migration Age" -- A recipe on trial : "the Germans overthrow the Roman Empire" -- An entrenched myth of origins : the Germans before Germany -- Jordanes's "Getica" and the disputed authenticity of Gothic origins from Scandinavia -- The great Rhine crossing, A.D. 400-420, a case of barbarian migration -- The "techniques of accomodation" revisited -- None of them were Germans : northern barbarians in late antiquity - Conclusion : the long simplification of late antiquity. A clarification : the three meanings of "Migration Age" -- A recipe on trial : "the Germans overthrow the Roman Empire" -- An entrenched myth of origins : the Germans before Germany -- Jordane's "Getica" and the disputed authenticity of Gothic origins from Scandinavia -- The great Rhine crossing, A.D. 400-420, a case of barbarian migration -- The "techniques of accomodation" revisited -- None of them were Germans : northern barbarians in late antiquity - Conclusion : the long simplification of late antiquity.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780812200287 (electronic bk.)
Migrations of nations.
Europe--History--392-814.
Rome--History--Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries.
Electronic books.
D135 / .G65 2006
937/.09