The Goths / Edition 1

The Goths / Edition 1

by Peter Heather
ISBN-10:
0631165363
ISBN-13:
9780631165361
Pub. Date:
01/16/1991
Publisher:
Wiley
ISBN-10:
0631165363
ISBN-13:
9780631165361
Pub. Date:
01/16/1991
Publisher:
Wiley
The Goths / Edition 1

The Goths / Edition 1

by Peter Heather

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780631165361
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 01/16/1991
Series: The Peoples of Europe
Pages: 380
Product dimensions: 3.94(w) x 9.84(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

Peter Heather was born in Northern Ireland and educated at Maidstone Grammar School and New College, Oxford. He briefly joined HM Treasury before being awarded the Murray Fellowship in History at Worcester College, Oxford. His previous books include Goths and Romans, 332-489 (1991) and The Goths in the Fourth Century (1991).

Table of Contents

List of Plates.

List of Figures.

Preface.

Abbreviations.

Acknowledgements.

1. The Gothic Problem.

Part I: In Search of the Goths:.

2. From the Baltic to the Black Sea.

3. The Fourth Century Kingdoms.

Part II: Goths, Huns and Romans:.

4. The Hunnic Revolution.

5. Goths and Romans: Remaking the Gothic World.

6. The Transformation of the Goths 376-476.

Part III: The Kingdoms of the Goths:.

7. The First Gothic Successor State.

8. Ostrogothic Italy: Kingdom and Empire.

9. Sixth Century Crises and Beyond.

10. Symbols, Mechanisms, and Continuities.

Appendix 1: Procopius and the Gothic Elite.

Appendix 2: Non-Goths in the Army of Totila.

Bibliography.

1. Primary Sources.

2. Secondary Sources.

3. The Wielbark and Cernjachov Cultures.

Index.

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