The Transformation of Frontiers

From Late Antiquity to the Carolingians
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-90-04-11115-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 640 g

Reihe: Transformation of the Roman World

The definition and notion of frontiers changed in the process of the transformation of the Roman world. This volume goes beyond topography to explore the meaning and impact of new frontiers as they were establised. It becomes clear that the transformation of frontiers was not a linear process in which the imperial frontiers were abandoned and the means of controlling them declined, but depended on specific circumstances.
Four of the contributions deal with the frontiers of the Carolingian Empire in their political and military aspects, as well as in the context of Christian conversion and missions. Three of the contributions discuss Roman frontiers and their perception in late antiquity, demonstrating that they were not simply defence lines, but also a basis for offensive operations, a focus in elaborate exchange networks and a means of internal control. Other papers describe the frontiers of early medieval kingdoms, two of which propose theoretical models, whereas others analyse the construction and the blurring of frontiers between the empire and the kingdoms of the Visigoths, Lombards and Avars.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pohl, Walter

Wood, Ian

Reimitz, Helmut

Weitere Mitwirkende

Heather, Peter

Daim, Falko

Ripoll, Gisela

Wolfram, Herwig

Hardt, Matthias

Fachgebiete

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

Über Autor(innen)

Walter Pohl, Ph.D. (1984), University of Vienna, is Director of the Medieval History Research Unit of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and teaches medieval history at the University of Vienna. He has published extensively on early medieval peoples, e.g. on Die Awaren (1988) and Die Germanen (2000).
Ian Wood is Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Leeds and Coordinator of the ESF scientific programme on the Transformation of the Roman World. He has written numerous articles and has edited a number of collections of essays. His recent books include The Merovingian Kingdom 450-751 (Longman, 1994) and Gregory of Tours (Headstart History, 1994).
Helmut Reimitz, Ph.D. (1999) in Medieval History, University of Vienna, is Researcher at the Medieval History Research Unit of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and works on Frankish history and historiography.