Regna and Gentes

The Relationship Between Late Antique and Early Medieval Peoples and Kingdoms in the Transformation of the Roman World
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-90-04-12524-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 708 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1379 g

Reihe: Transformation of the Roman World

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goetz, Hans-Werner

Jarnut, Jörg

Pohl, Walter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Hans-Werner Goetz, Ph.D. (1977) in Medieval History, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Habilitation 1981, is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Hamburg since 1990. He has published a great number of books and articles on the Early and High Middle Ages, particularly on medieval historiography and the history of ideas and mentalities.
Jörg Jarnut, Ph.D. (1970) in Medieval History, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Habilitation 1977, has been Professor of Medieval History at the University of Paderborn since 1983. He has published extensively on the history of the Lombards and the Franks and he is one of the founders of the Institut zur interdisziplinären Erforschung des Mittelalters und seines Nachwirkens in Paderborn.
Walter Pohl, Dr. phil. (1984) is researcher for the Austrian Academy of Arts and Sciences (Commission for Research on the Early Middle Ages) and lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Vienna. His publications include Die Awaren ( Munich, 1988).