| The Goths Revised Edition Contributor(s): Heather, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631209328 ISBN-13: 9780631209324 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $47.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: Between the first and seventh centuries AD, Gothic groups moved thousands of miles across the map of Europe, from the fringes of the Baltic to the shores of the Atlantic ocean. In the process, they transformed themselves from an insignificant people on the outskirts of the known world into highly militarized forces, capable of carving out successor states for themselves from the body politic of the Roman Empire. This book draws on all the available literary and archaeological evidence, much of the latter never before discussed in English, to reconstruct the Goths' dramatic history, and to explore the meaning of Gothic identity at different moments and in different contexts. The volume is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three main phases in Gothic history: their early history down to the fourth century, the revolution in Gothic society set in motion by the arrival of the Huns, and the history of the Gothic successor states to the western Roman Empire. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 909.043 |
| Series: Peoples of Europe |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.1" W x 8.91" (1.18 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The volume is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three main phases in Gothic history: their early history down to the fourth century, the revolution in Gothic society set in motion by the arrival of the Huns, and the history of the Gothic successor states to the western Roman Empire. At its heart lies a new vision of Gothic identity, and of the social caste by whom it was defined and transmitted. |