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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777489403321

Titolo

Regna and Gentes : The Relationship between Late Antique and Early Medieval Peoples and Kingdoms in the Transformation of the Roman World / / edited by Hans-Werner Goetz, Jörg Jarnut, Walter Pohl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2003

ISBN

1-280-91465-3

9786610914654

90-474-0425-4

1-4294-0707-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (719 p.)

Collana

Transformation of the Roman World ; ; 13

Disciplina

305.8/00943

Soggetti

Ethnicity - Europe - History

Germanic peoples - History

Europe History 392-814

Europe Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List fo Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction Hans-Werner Goetz -- The Empire, the gentes and the regna, Evangelos Chrysos -- The Leges Barbarorum : law and ethnicity in the post-Roman West Patrick Wormald -- Gens into regnum: the Vandals J.H.W.G. Liesbeschuetz -- Gens and regnum: among the Ostrogoths Peter Heather -- The enigmatic fifth century in Hispania: some historical problems Javier Arce -- Pro patriae gentisque Gothorum statv, Isabel Velazquez -- The Transformation of Hispania after 711 Ann Christys -- Gentes, kings and kingdoms- the emergence of states. The kingdom of the Gibichungs Ian N. Wood -- The relationship between Frankish gens and regnum a proposal based on the archaeological evidence Michael Schmauder -- Gens, kings and kingsdoms: the Franks Hans-Werner Goetz -- The Britons: from Romans to barbarians Alex Woolf -- Anglo-Saxon gentes and regna, Barbara Yorke -- Gens, rex and regnum of the Lombards Jorg Jarnut -- The Bavarians Matthias Hardt -- Avars and avar archaeology. An introduction Falko Daim -- A Non-Roman Empire



in central Europe: the Avars alter Pohl -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Indices.

Sommario/riassunto

In the research on "The transformation of the Roman world" relatively little attention has been paid to the transformation of early medieval peoples and the development of their communities into kingdoms, and we lack a comparative study on this subject. The aim of this volume is, therefore, to examine the relationship between gens and regnum by systematically comparing the "Germanic" and non-Germanic successor states of the Roman Empire, a question that leads to important results about the role of ethnic processes and of political developments in the formation of the new kingdoms. By trying to answer leading questions, 16 authors (historians, archaeologists and linguists) deal with ten important kingdoms of this period and with their political and legal context (role of the Empire and the law-codes). An introduction to the subject and its inherent problems and a comparative conclusion summarizing the results completes the volume. Contributors: Javier Arce, Ann Christys, Evangelos Chrysos, Falko Daim, Hans-Werner Goetz, Matthias Hardt, Peter Heather, Jörg Jarnut, J.H.W.G. Liebeschuetz, Walter Pohl, Michael Schmauder, Isabel Velázquez, Ian N. Wood, Alex Woolf, Patrick Wormald, and Barbara Yorke.