具体描述
The names of early Germanic warrior tribes and leaders resound in songs and legends; the real story of the part they played in reshaping the ancient world is no less gripping. Herwig Wolfram's panoramic history spans the great migrations of the Germanic peoples and the rise and fall of their kingdoms between the third and eighth centuries, as they invaded, settled in, and ultimately transformed the Roman Empire.
As Germanic military kings and their fighting bands created kingdoms, and won political and military recognition from imperial governments through alternating confrontation and accommodation, the "tribes" lost their shared culture and social structure, and became sharply differentiated. They acquired their own regions and their own histories, which blended with the history of the empire. In Wolfram's words, "the Germanic peoples neither destroyed the Roman world nor restored it; instead, they made a home for themselves within it."
This story is far from the "decline and fall" interpretation that held sway until recent decades. Wolfram's narrative, based on his sweeping grasp of documentary and archaeological evidence, brings new clarity to a poorly understood period of Western history.
作者简介
Herwig Wolfram is Professor of History at the University of Vienna. His earlier History of the Goths (California, 1988) has been widely acclaimed. Thomas Dunlap, translator of History of the Goths and a number of other books including Joachim Bumke's Courtly Culture (California, 1991), lives and works in Belmont, Massachusetts.
目录信息
Chronologies
Introduction p. 1
Kings, Heroes, and Tribal Origins p. 14
The Empire and the "New" Peoples: From the Marcomannic Wars to the End of the Third Century p. 35
The Germanic Peoples as Enemies and Servants of the Empire in the Fourth Century p. 51
Emperorship and Kingship on Roman Soil p. 102
The Hunnic Alternative p. 123
The Kingdom of Toulouse (418-507): Pioneering Achievement and Failed Accommodation p. 145
The Vandals (406-534): A Unique Case? p. 159
Odovacar, or the Roman Empire That Did Not End p. 183
Theodoric (451-526) and Clovis (466/467-511) p. 194
A Battle for Rome (526/535-552/555) p. 224
Britain Too Was Not Conquered: The Making of England in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries p. 240
The Burgundians: Weakness and Resilience (407/413-534) p. 248
The Spanish Kingdom of the Visigoths (507/568-711/725): The First Nation of Europe p. 260
The Longobard Epilogue (488-643/652) p. 279
The Transformation of the Roman World p. 301
List of Abbreviations p. 315
Notes p. 317
Bibliography p. 335
Index p. 347
Maps p. 363
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