LEADER 04662nam 22006495 450 001 9910814626103321 005 20240418022113.0 010 $a1-283-21076-2 010 $a9786613210760 010 $a0-8122-0028-4 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812200287 035 $a(CKB)2550000000051253 035 $a(OCoLC)759158227 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10491979 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631157 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11392395 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631157 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10590756 035 $a(PQKB)11715010 035 $a(DE-B1597)448886 035 $a(OCoLC)1013963002 035 $a(OCoLC)979910367 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812200287 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441522 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000051253 100 $a20190708d2010 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBarbarian Tides $eThe Migration Age and the Later Roman Empire /$fWalter Goffart 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aPhiladelphia :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d[2010] 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource 225 0 $aThe Middle Ages Series 311 $a0-8122-2105-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. A Clarification: The Three Meanings of "Migration Age" --$tChapter 2. A Recipe on Trial: "The Germans Overthrow the Roman Empire" --$tChapter 3. An Entrenched Myth of Origins: The Germans before Germany --$tChapter 4. Jordanes's Getica and the Disputed Authenticity of Gothic Origins from Scandinavia --$tChapter 5. The Great Rhine Crossing, A.D. 400-420, a Case of Barbarian Migration --$tChapter 6. The "Techniques of Accommodation" Revisited --$tChapter 7. None of Them Were Germans: Northern Barbarians in Late Antiquity --$tChapter 8. Conclusion: The Long Simplification of Late Antiquity --$tAppendix 1: Alexander Demandt on the Role of the Germans in the End of the Roman Empire --$tAppendix 2: Chronicle Evidence for the Burgundian Settlement --$tAppendix 3: The Meaning of agri cum mancipiis in the Burgundian Kingdom --$tAbbreviations --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe Migration Age is still envisioned as an onrush of expansionary "Germans" pouring unwanted into the Roman Empire and subjecting it to pressures so great that its western parts collapsed under the weight. Further developing the themes set forth in his classic Barbarians and Romans, Walter Goffart dismantles this grand narrative, shaking the barbarians of late antiquity out of this "Germanic" setting and reimagining the role of foreigners in the Later Roman Empire.The Empire was not swamped by a migratory Germanic flood for the simple reason that there was no single ancient Germanic civilization to be transplanted onto ex-Roman soil. Since the sixteenth century, the belief that purposeful Germans existed in parallel with the Romans has been a fixed point in European history. Goffart uncovers the origins of this historical untruth and argues that any projection of a modern Germany out of an ancient one is illusory. Rather, the multiplicity of northern peoples once living on the edges of the Empire participated with the Romans in the larger stirrings of late antiquity. Most relevant among these was the long militarization that gripped late Roman society concurrently with its Christianization.If the fragmented foreign peoples with which the Empire dealt gave Rome an advantage in maintaining its ascendancy, the readiness to admit military talents of any social origin to positions of leadership opened the door of imperial service to immigrants from beyond its frontiers. Many barbarians were settled in the provinces without dislodging the Roman residents or destabilizing landownership; some were even incorporated into the ruling families of the Empire. The outcome of this process, Goffart argues, was a society headed by elites of soldiers and Christian clergy-one we have come to call medieval. 410 0$aMiddle Ages series. 606 $aMigrations of nations 607 $aEurope$xHistory$y392-814 607 $aRome$xHistory$yGermanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries 610 $aAncient Studies. 610 $aHistory. 610 $aMedieval and Renaissance Studies. 615 0$aMigrations of nations. 676 $a937/.09 700 $aGoffart$b Walter$f1934-$0206929 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814626103321 996 $aBarbarian tides$91229303 997 $aUNINA