This illustrated book continues themes in Central European cultural history treated elsewhere with the intention of presenting an interdisciplinary study of early medieval socio-cultural developments. A continuation of the preceding books, this volume examines the archeological evidence of the groups who settled Central Europe. It aims to amplify the information recorded during the late Roman Empire about societies, social dynamics and ethnological contexts by examining their material culture. The language of significant objects complements the literature of significant texts. The three parts of the book inform of the historical and archeological evidence; elaborate the socio-cultural conclusions provided by archeology; examine the system of values as reflected in the forms of artistic expression. The study of objects helps clarify the contours of the Germanic populations of pre-Carolingian Central Europe.
Author(s): Herbert Schutz
Series: The Northern World. North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 A.D. Peoples, Economies and Cultures, 1
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 440
City: Leiden
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part A. History and the Archeological Evidence
I. Northern Central Europe
a. Environment and settlement
b. Populations
The Lombards
Saxons and Frisians
The Burgundians
II. Central Germany
a. The Thuringians
III. Western Central Europe
a. The Burgundians along the Rhine
b. The Franks along the Rhine
IV. Southern Central Europe
a. The Alemans
b. The Bavarians
V. Eastern Central Europe
a. The Lombardic southward relocation
b. The Lombards in Pannonia and the Hungarian Plain
c. The Lombardic invasion of Italy
d. The Western Slavs
VI. The archeological evidence
a. The funerary evidence
b. The habitational evidence
Part B. Archeology and the Socio-Cultural Evidence
a. The Thuringians
b. Armaments
c. The Bavarians
d. Ornaments
e. The Alemans
f. Burial and the sense of property
g. Christianity
h. The Franks — princely burials
i. The Lombards — representations of legitimacy
Part C. Industry and the Portable Arts
a. Pottery, glass and stone
b. Personal ornaments
perforated discs
keys
gold-foil
brakteats
fibulas/brooches
buckles
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Index
