TY - BOOK AU - Goffart,Walter A. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Barbarian tides: the migration age and the later Roman Empire T2 - The Middle Ages series AV - D135 .G65 2006 U1 - 937/.09 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Philadelphia, Pa. PB - University of Pennsylvania Press KW - Migrations of nations KW - Europe KW - History KW - 392-814 KW - Rome KW - Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3441522 ER -