Language and History in the Early Germanic WorldCambridge University Press, 28 aug 2000 - 438 pagina's This book offers a distinctive and accessible approach to the earliest encounters of the barbarian societies of Northern Europe with classical antiquity and with early Christianity. It brings together linguistic evidence from across Europe and dating from before Caesar to about 900 AD, to shed light on important aspects of Germanic culture. It shows how historical phonology and semantics, often avoided by non-specialists, can provide important clues for historians and archaeologists of the period. Likewise, it demonstrates that philologists and linguists ignore historical evidence at their peril. |
Inhoudsopgave
Religion | 13 |
Law | 30 |
Kinship | 49 |
Warfare | 67 |
People and army | 84 |
Lordship | 102 |
Kingship | 121 |
CONTACT WITH THE NONGERMANIC WORLD | 141 |
The vocabulary of writing | 254 |
CONTACT WITH THE CHRISTIANITY | 271 |
Introduction to Part III | 273 |
Problems of Christianisation | 275 |
The influence of provincial Roman Christianity | 291 |
The influence of Gothic | 308 |
The influence of the Merovingian Franks | 325 |
The influence of the AngloSaxons | 341 |
Introduction to Part II | 143 |
Contact with the Celts | 145 |
The migration of the Goths | 164 |
Germanic loanwords in Latin | 182 |
Latin loanwords in Germanic | 201 |
Trade and warfare with the Romans | 219 |
Names of days of the week | 236 |
Contrasts in Christian vocabulary | 357 |
The vocabulary of ethics and fate | 374 |
Guide to further reading in English | 392 |
Bibliography | 398 |
425 | |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
accept adjective adopted already Anglo-Saxon army attested authority battle Bavarian Celtic century Christian Church clear close cognates concerns connection context contrast conversion denoted derived difficulties distinction earlier early employed especially established evidence example fact fate followers force formation Frankish function further Gaul Germanic gods Gothic Goths Greek Ibid importance influence Irish Italy kindred king kingship Kuhn languages later Latin leader linguistic loan loanwords meaning meant military mission names northern noun occurs origin pagan parallels period political position possible practice present probably question reached reference reflected regarded religion religious render Roman seen semantic sense shows society sources spread suggests Tacitus taken term tion trade translation tribal tribes usage verb vocabulary war-band warfare week whereas whilst word writing Wulfila
Populaire passages
Pagina 419 - Die Urheimat der Goten und ihre Wanderungen ins Weichselland und nach Südrußland.
Pagina xii - MGH AA = Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Auctores Antiquissimi MGH SS = Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores (in folio) NA = Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für Ältere Deutsche Geschichtskunde PG = Patrologia Graeca, ed.
Verwijzingen naar dit boek
Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction Benjamin W. Fortson, IV Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2004 |