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Die Goten Und Ihre Geschichte
Dieser Band bietet eine kompakte, informative und anregende Darstellung der Goten und ihrer Geschichte. Er vermittelt knapp und prägnant den Wissensstand über die Ursprünge dieses sagenumwobenen Volkes, seine bedeutendsten Persönlichkeiten, seine Lebensformen und Kultur, sein Ausgreifen in das römische Reich und nach Nordafrika; er schließt mit dem Ende des spanischen Gotenreichs im 8. Jahrhundert n. Chr.
Vorwort
Einleitung
Gotisches in aller Welt
Herkunft und Herkunftsgeschichte
Die Bedeutung des Gotennamens
Goten vor ihrer Entstehung
Die Gutonen in Südosteuropa
Das archäologische Material
Vor-ethnographische Daten der Herkunftsgeschichte
Die Bedeutung der skandinavischen Herkunft
Die Goten und das Reich im 3. und 4. Jahrhundert
Die Goten greifen auf dem Lande und zu Wasser an: 238 - 271
Die Namen der beiden Gotenvölker
Konstantin der Große (306/324-337) und die Terwingen
Gesellschaft und Verfassung der Terwingen
Sabas Dorf
Kult und Religion der Terwingen und Greutungen
Heer und Polyethnie
Das tägliche Leben
Bischof Wulfila (um 311 - 383) und die Anfänge des gotischen Christentums
Der Hunnensturm und der Beginn der gotischen Wanderungen
Einbruch und Ansiedlung der Goten in Thrakien
Die Gotenverträge von 380/82
König Alarich I. (391/95 - 410)
Die hunnischen Goten (376 - 454/55)
Das Tolosanische Reich (418 - 507)
Von Rom nach Toulouse
Theoderich (418 - 451) und Thorismund (451 - 453)
Theoderich (II.) (453 - 466)
Eurich (466 - 484) und Alarich II. (484 - 507)
Pionierleistung und gescheiterter Ausgleich
Theoderich der Große (451 - 526)
Kindheit und Jugend
Mit und gegen das Reich
Origo et religio - Herkunft und Religion
Ausschaltung der nichtrömischen Konkurrenz
Persönlichkeit
Heirats- und Bündnispolitik zum Schutz Italiens
Theoderichs Ende
Der Untergang des italischen Ostgotenreichs (526/35 - 552/55)
Vitigis (536 - 540)
Totila (541 - 552)
Das Nachspiel: Teja (552)
Das spanische Reich der Westgoten (507/68 - 711/25)
Eine sechzigjährige Krise (507 - 568)
Die Entstehung des Toledanischen Reiches: Leovigild (568/69 - 586) und Reccared I. (573/86 - 601)
Das Reich von Toledo (603 - 710): Ein Überblick
Das Ende des Reichs (711 - 725)
Literatur- und Quellenverzeichnis
Vorwort
Einleitung
Gotisches in aller Welt
Herkunft und Herkunftsgeschichte
Die Bedeutung des Gotennamens
Goten vor ihrer Entstehung
Die Gutonen in Südosteuropa
Das archäologische Material
Vor-ethnographische Daten der Herkunftsgeschichte
Die Bedeutung der skandinavischen Herkunft
Die Goten und das Reich im 3. und 4. Jahrhundert
Die Goten greifen auf dem Lande und zu Wasser an: 238 - 271
Die Namen der beiden Gotenvölker
Konstantin der Große (306/324-337) und die Terwingen
Gesellschaft und Verfassung der Terwingen
Sabas Dorf
Kult und Religion der Terwingen und Greutungen
Heer und Polyethnie
Das tägliche Leben
Bischof Wulfila (um 311 - 383) und die Anfänge des gotischen Christentums
Der Hunnensturm und der Beginn der gotischen Wanderungen
Einbruch und Ansiedlung der Goten in Thrakien
Die Gotenverträge von 380/82
König Alarich I. (391/95 - 410)
Die hunnischen Goten (376 - 454/55)
Das Tolosanische Reich (418 - 507)
Von Rom nach Toulouse
Theoderich (418 - 451) und Thorismund (451 - 453)
Theoderich (II.) (453 - 466)
Eurich (466 - 484) und Alarich II. (484 - 507)
Pionierleistung und gescheiterter Ausgleich
Theoderich der Große (451 - 526)
Kindheit und Jugend
Mit und gegen das Reich
Origo et religio - Herkunft und Religion
Ausschaltung der nichtrömischen Konkurrenz
Persönlichkeit
Heirats- und Bündnispolitik zum Schutz Italiens
Theoderichs Ende
Der Untergang des italischen Ostgotenreichs (526/35 - 552/55)
Vitigis (536 - 540)
Totila (541 - 552)
Das Nachspiel: Teja (552)
Das spanische Reich der Westgoten (507/68 - 711/25)
Eine sechzigjährige Krise (507 - 568)
Die Entstehung des Toledanischen Reiches: Leovigild (568/69 - 586) und Reccared I. (573/86 - 601)
Das Reich von Toledo (603 - 710): Ein Überblick
Das Ende des Reichs (711 - 725)
Literatur- und Quellenverzeichnis
- GenresGerman Literature
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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March 31, 2018Crisp and clear.
A good short account of the Goths and their history given in a simple logical way - starting from the beginning and working through to the fall of the Visigothic kingdom of Spain to the Arabs.
The prehistory of the Goths is obscure and the brief format of this book allows the author to cope well with it - he points out the ambiguities and uncertainties in the data and moves on. The discussion of meaningfulness and importance of a claim to Scandinavian origin as a means of creating (or fostering or preserving!) a group identity among elites together with the comparison with the Romans, who were past masters of claiming exotic and fanciful ancestors for themselves, was a good conclusion to the prehistory. Once you have come into being you can get on with the task of recreating yourself.
In contrast to Burns' A History of the Ostrogoths the pre-Christian beliefs and conversion of the Goths is dealt with in its historical place (actually consistently Wolfram is able to put across simply and concisely information that Burns rambles around). Ulfilas' translation of the Bible into Gothic is the earliest written text in a Germanic language, linguistics aside, Wolfram shows how it gives some insights into Gothic society. Their word for wealth faihu (ie cognate with Vieh in modern German) also meant cattle, while there are Latin loan words in addition to Gothic words for army, king and November, but just Latin loan words for buying and haircuts. Purely Gothic words exist for terms in agriculture and animal husbandry. The language suggests the Goths had a fairly peaceful, agrarian life with some military service with the Romans. Then came the Huns.
As a result of the Huns galloping in from the east, the Visigoths,sensibly running away from them, ended up inside the Roman empire. In common with most Northern Europeans, they had a hankering for the Mediterranean sun and sea, as well as a wish to get away from the Huns. The visigoths, led by Alarich sacked Rome, who led his people to southern Italy - realised that the sea crossing was a bit much for them, so took the long way round back through Italy into southern France and sunny Spain. These days the economic and social disruption caused by northern invaders is managed through the package holiday, but the spirit of sun burnt exuberance is possibly much of a muchness.
The Ostrogoths ended up as part of the Hunnic empire until after the death of Attila the Hun. Under Theodoric they established a kingdom in Italy. Wolfram's account is more conflict orientated than Burns', emphasising the tensions with the Catholic population and the difficulties in establishing peaceful relationships with the barbarian/post-Roman rulers further West. Still there is space enough to mention the rich manuscripts of Ulfilia's Bible translation that survived the end of the Kingdom including the Codex Argenteus (now in Uppsala).
In a nice touch Wolfram tells that Theodoric lived on after death - he was reborn in myth and epic as Dietrich of Bern featuring in the Nibelungenleid along with Attila the Hun as well as in his own cycle of stories.
The final section on the Visigothic kingdom of Toledo really marked the shift from Antiquity to the Medieval period. The form of charters adopted by the Visigoths became the standard taken up by the Franks and then throughout, over time, Feudal Europe. The Kings of the Toledo monarchy, inspired by the Old Testament, introduced the practise of anointing the King as part of the coronation ceremony. Originally this was because the Royal line in decent from Alarich had died out and the monarchy became elective. In order to raise themselves above those who had elected them the King sought through anointment to show that they were like King David - chosen by God to rule. Unfortunately in the Spanish context this didn't work out quite as intended, rivals tended to view the anointed ruler as a King Saul type - monarch only until somebody better turned up. Of the 17 seventh century Visigothic kings 10 are either known to have been or suspected to have been murdered. Despite this anointment was to have a great future - taken up by the Carolingians and then becoming a standard part of the coronation of European monarchs. The Visigothic Kings also got the Middle Ages off to a flying start by introducing the state persecution of the Jews, another habit that was to have a long history.
A good short account of the Goths and their history given in a simple logical way - starting from the beginning and working through to the fall of the Visigothic kingdom of Spain to the Arabs.
The prehistory of the Goths is obscure and the brief format of this book allows the author to cope well with it - he points out the ambiguities and uncertainties in the data and moves on. The discussion of meaningfulness and importance of a claim to Scandinavian origin as a means of creating (or fostering or preserving!) a group identity among elites together with the comparison with the Romans, who were past masters of claiming exotic and fanciful ancestors for themselves, was a good conclusion to the prehistory. Once you have come into being you can get on with the task of recreating yourself.
In contrast to Burns' A History of the Ostrogoths the pre-Christian beliefs and conversion of the Goths is dealt with in its historical place (actually consistently Wolfram is able to put across simply and concisely information that Burns rambles around). Ulfilas' translation of the Bible into Gothic is the earliest written text in a Germanic language, linguistics aside, Wolfram shows how it gives some insights into Gothic society. Their word for wealth faihu (ie cognate with Vieh in modern German) also meant cattle, while there are Latin loan words in addition to Gothic words for army, king and November, but just Latin loan words for buying and haircuts. Purely Gothic words exist for terms in agriculture and animal husbandry. The language suggests the Goths had a fairly peaceful, agrarian life with some military service with the Romans. Then came the Huns.
As a result of the Huns galloping in from the east, the Visigoths,sensibly running away from them, ended up inside the Roman empire. In common with most Northern Europeans, they had a hankering for the Mediterranean sun and sea, as well as a wish to get away from the Huns. The visigoths, led by Alarich sacked Rome, who led his people to southern Italy - realised that the sea crossing was a bit much for them, so took the long way round back through Italy into southern France and sunny Spain. These days the economic and social disruption caused by northern invaders is managed through the package holiday, but the spirit of sun burnt exuberance is possibly much of a muchness.
The Ostrogoths ended up as part of the Hunnic empire until after the death of Attila the Hun. Under Theodoric they established a kingdom in Italy. Wolfram's account is more conflict orientated than Burns', emphasising the tensions with the Catholic population and the difficulties in establishing peaceful relationships with the barbarian/post-Roman rulers further West. Still there is space enough to mention the rich manuscripts of Ulfilia's Bible translation that survived the end of the Kingdom including the Codex Argenteus (now in Uppsala).
In a nice touch Wolfram tells that Theodoric lived on after death - he was reborn in myth and epic as Dietrich of Bern featuring in the Nibelungenleid along with Attila the Hun as well as in his own cycle of stories.
The final section on the Visigothic kingdom of Toledo really marked the shift from Antiquity to the Medieval period. The form of charters adopted by the Visigoths became the standard taken up by the Franks and then throughout, over time, Feudal Europe. The Kings of the Toledo monarchy, inspired by the Old Testament, introduced the practise of anointing the King as part of the coronation ceremony. Originally this was because the Royal line in decent from Alarich had died out and the monarchy became elective. In order to raise themselves above those who had elected them the King sought through anointment to show that they were like King David - chosen by God to rule. Unfortunately in the Spanish context this didn't work out quite as intended, rivals tended to view the anointed ruler as a King Saul type - monarch only until somebody better turned up. Of the 17 seventh century Visigothic kings 10 are either known to have been or suspected to have been murdered. Despite this anointment was to have a great future - taken up by the Carolingians and then becoming a standard part of the coronation of European monarchs. The Visigothic Kings also got the Middle Ages off to a flying start by introducing the state persecution of the Jews, another habit that was to have a long history.
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