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Frisians and their North Sea neighbours : from the fifth century to the Viking Age

Title
Frisians and their North Sea neighbours : from the fifth century to the Viking Age / edited by John Hines and Nelleke IJssennagger.
Publication
  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2017.
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Hines, John, 1956-
  • IJssennagger, Nelleke
Description
xx, 279 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 25 cm
Summary
From as early as the first century AD, learned Romans knew of more than one group of people living in north-western Europe beyond their Empire's Gallic provinces whose names contained the element that gives us modern "Frisian". These were apparently Celtic-speaking peoples, but that population was probably completely replaced in the course of the convulsions that Europe underwent during the fourth and fifth centuries. While the importance of linguistically Germanic Frisians as neighbours of the Anglo-Saxons, Franks, Saxons and Danes in the centuries immediately following the fall of the Roman Empire in the West is widely recognized, these folk themselves remain enigmatic, the details of their culture and organization unfamiliar to many. The Frisian population and their lands, including all the coastal communities of the North Sea region and their connections with the Baltic shores, form the focal point of this volume, though viewed often through comparison with, or even through the eyes of, their neighbors. The essays present the most up-to-date discoveries, research and interpretation, following the story of the various Frisians through from the Roman Period to the next great period of disruption and change introduced by the Scandinavian Vikings. Methodologically, the thorough combination and integration of linguistic, textual and archaeological evidence offers a new multidisciplinary template and sets new standards for Early Medieval studies.
Alternative Title
Frisians and their North Sea neighbors : from the fifth century to the Viking Age
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFE 17-10384
ISBN
  • 9781783271795
  • 1783271795
OCLC
985884174
Title
Frisians and their North Sea neighbours : from the fifth century to the Viking Age / edited by John Hines and Nelleke IJssennagger.
Publisher
Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2017.
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Hines, John, 1956- editor.
IJssennagger, Nelleke, editor.
Research Call Number
JFE 17-10384
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