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Barbarian Europe

Modzelewski Karol
Innbundet / 2015 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9783631649800
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Peter Lang AG
Vekt
630 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
414

Revised by
Rozbicka Elena
Oversetter
Macura Ewa
Forfatter
Modzelewski Karol

Om bidragsyterne

Karol Modzelewski is a medieval historian and member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Italian L’Accademia dei Lincei. Now retired, he was a professor at the University of Warsaw. One of Poland’s most prominent dissidents of the communist era, he is credited with giving the trade union «Solidarity» its name. He served in the Senate after Poland’s first free elections in 1989 before returning to academia.

Barbarian Europe

Modzelewski Karol
Innbundet / 2015 / Engelsk
Modzelewski Karol
Innbundet / 2015 / Engelsk
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«Anyone wrongfully believing that the history of the Early Middle Ages is not pertinent for understanding who we are, where we come from and where we are going should hastily be sentenced to three weeks of immense joy while reading this outrageously important book.» (Karen Schousboe, Medieval Histories)

European culture has been greatly influenced by the Christian Church and Greek and Roman culture. However, the peoples of Europe’s remote past, whom the Greeks, Romans, and their medieval heirs called the «barbarians», also left their mark. Closely examining ancient and medieval narratives and the codifications of laws, this thoughtfully conducted comparative study sheds light on the illiterate societies of the early Germanic and Slavic peoples. The picture that emerges is one of communities built on kinship, neighborly, and tribal relations, where decision making, judgement, and punishment were carried out collectively, and the distinction between the sacred and profane was unknown.
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Closely examining ancient and medieval narratives and the codifications of laws, this study sheds light on the illiterate societies of the early Germanic and Slavic peoples.
Contents: Barbarian Europe – Comparative analysis – Medieval law – Leges barbarorum – Barbarian laws – Barbarian collectivism – Barbarian kinship community – Revenge and wergild – Social differences in barbarian society – Barbarian community of neighbors – Barbarian political practice – Barbarian institutions – End of the world of the barbarians – The great relative – The great neighbor – The great warrior.
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«Anyone wrongfully believing that the history of the Early Middle Ages is not pertinent for understanding who we are, where we come from and where we are going should hastily be sentenced to three weeks of immense joy while reading this outrageously important book.» (Karen Schousboe, Medieval Histories)

European culture has been greatly influenced by the Christian Church and Greek and Roman culture. However, the peoples of Europe’s remote past, whom the Greeks, Romans, and their medieval heirs called the «barbarians», also left their mark. Closely examining ancient and medieval narratives and the codifications of laws, this thoughtfully conducted comparative study sheds light on the illiterate societies of the early Germanic and Slavic peoples. The picture that emerges is one of communities built on kinship, neighborly, and tribal relations, where decision making, judgement, and punishment were carried out collectively, and the distinction between the sacred and profane was unknown.
Les mer
Closely examining ancient and medieval narratives and the codifications of laws, this study sheds light on the illiterate societies of the early Germanic and Slavic peoples.
Contents: Barbarian Europe – Comparative analysis – Medieval law – Leges barbarorum – Barbarian laws – Barbarian collectivism – Barbarian kinship community – Revenge and wergild – Social differences in barbarian society – Barbarian community of neighbors – Barbarian political practice – Barbarian institutions – End of the world of the barbarians – The great relative – The great neighbor – The great warrior.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9783631649800
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Peter Lang AG
Vekt
630 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
414

Revised by
Rozbicka Elena
Oversetter
Macura Ewa
Forfatter
Modzelewski Karol

Om bidragsyterne

Karol Modzelewski is a medieval historian and member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Italian L’Accademia dei Lincei. Now retired, he was a professor at the University of Warsaw. One of Poland’s most prominent dissidents of the communist era, he is credited with giving the trade union «Solidarity» its name. He served in the Senate after Poland’s first free elections in 1989 before returning to academia.

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