| Barbarian Europe Contributor(s): Rozbicka, Elena (Revised by), Macura, Ewa (Translator), Modzelewski, Karol (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631649800 ISBN-13: 9783631649800 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $109.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - Philosophy - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 940.1 |
| LCCN: 2015012903 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.7" W x 8.3" (1.40 lbs) 414 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Germany - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Italy - Cultural Region - Central Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: European culture has been greatly influenced by the Christian Church and Greek and Roman culture. However, the peoples of Europe's remote past, whom the Greeks, Romans, and their medieval heirs called the barbarians , also left their mark. Closely examining ancient and medieval narratives and the codifications of laws, this thoughtfully conducted comparative study sheds light on the illiterate societies of the early Germanic and Slavic peoples. The picture that emerges is one of communities built on kinship, neighborly, and tribal relations, where decision making, judgement, and punishment were carried out collectively, and the distinction between the sacred and profane was unknown. |