Tools, weapons and ornaments : : Germanic material culture in Pre-Carolingian Central Europe, 400-750 / / Herbert Schutz.

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 group...

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Superior document:The Northern World ; 1
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : Brill,, [2001]
©2001
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
Series:The Northern World ; 1.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Maps
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction 1
  • Pt. A History and the Archeological Evidence 7
  • I Northern Central Europe 7
  • II Central Germary 23
  • III Western Central Europe 35
  • IV Southern Central Europe 54
  • V Eastern Central Europe 75
  • VI The archeological evidence 95
  • Pt. B Archeology and the Socio-Cultural Evidence 115
  • a The Thuringians 115
  • b Armaments 118
  • c The Bavarians 121
  • d Ornaments 124
  • e The Alemans 131
  • f Burial and the sense of property 137
  • g Christianity 148
  • h The Franks - princely burials 149
  • i The Lombards - representations of legitimacy 168
  • Pt. C Industry and the Portable Arts 171
  • a Pottery, glass and stone 173
  • b Personal ornaments 180
  • Conclusion 241
  • Selected Bibliography 245
  • Index 251.