Strategies of distinction: the construction of ethnic communities, 300-800 (Transformation of the Roman World, Vol 2)

STRATEGIESOF DISTINCTION. The Construction of Ethnic Communities, 300-800......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 5
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 7
INTRODUCTION: STRATEGIES OF DISTINCTION - Walter Pohl......Page 9
TELLING THE DIFFERENCE: SIGNS OF ETHNIC IDENTITY - Walter Pohl......Page 25
LANGUAGE......Page 30
ARMS AND WAYS OF FIGHTING......Page 35
COSTUME......Page 48
HAIRSTYLES AND BODY SIGNS......Page 59
CONCLUSION......Page 69
INTRODUCTION......Page 79
1. THE CONCEPT OF ETHNICITY......Page 80
2. GROUP IDENTIFICATION IN SOCIETY—UNITS OF COMMON MATERIAL CULTURE IN ARCHAEOLOGY......Page 84
3. THE CONCEPTS \"HISTORY OF MENTALITIES\" AND \"STRUCTURES OF IDENTIFICATION\"......Page 88
4.1. History of events and culture......Page 89
4.2.1 Symbols of prestige......Page 92
4.2.2 Burial customs......Page 95
5. POWER AND CULTURE: AVARS, CARANTANIANS AND MORAVIANS IN THE EIGHTH CENTURY......Page 97
SUMMARY......Page 100
A. DEFINING THE PROBLEM......Page 103
B. DISAPPEARANCE AND REAPPEARANCE: TWO CASE STUDIES......Page 105
C. DISAPPEARANCE, REAPPEARANCE, AND THE PROBLEM OF IDENTITY......Page 110
CONCLUSION AND WIDER CONTEXT......Page 117
NOMEN ET GENS: POLITICAL AND LINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF PERSONAL NAMES BETWEEN THE THIRD AND THE EIGHTH CENTURY—PRESENTING AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE - Jörg Jarnut......Page 121
REMARKS ABOUT RELATIONS BETWEEN VISIGOTHSAND HISPANO-ROMANS IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY - Dietrich Claude......Page 125
CITIZEN STATUS AND LAW IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE VISIGOTHIC KINGDOM - Wolf Liebeschuetz......Page 139
THE ARRIVAL OF THE VISIGOTHS IN HISPANIA: POPULATION PROBLEMS AND THE PROCESSOF ACCULTURATION - Gisela Ripoll Lopez......Page 161
The various elements of the population......Page 163
The Roman population......Page 164
The Visigothic population......Page 168
MIXED MARRIAGES AND THE MIXTURE OF POPULATION......Page 172
THE PROBLEMS OF THE PROCESS OF ACCULTURATION AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE CEMETERY OF EL CARPIO DE TAJO......Page 174
General characteristics of the cemetery......Page 175
Organisation of the cemetery according to its plan......Page 177
Topographical chronology of El Carpio de Tajo......Page 179
The chronological development of the cemetery......Page 181
Interpretation......Page 183
Figures......Page 188
THE APPROPRIATION OF ROMAN LAW IN BARBARIAN HANDS: \"ROMAN-BARBARIAN\" MARRIAGE IN VISIGOTHIC GAUL AND SPAIN - Hagith Sivan......Page 197
1. CTH 3, 14, 1: MARRIAGE AND AFRICAN REBELS......Page 199
2. BA 3, 14: THE MARRIAGE BAN IN GALLIC-GOTHIC HANDS......Page 200
3. LV 3, 1,1: THE MARRIAGE BAN IN SPAIN......Page 208
LEGAL PRACTICE AND ETHNIC IDENTITY IN LOMBARD ITALY - Brigitte Pohl-Resl......Page 213
LE ROYAUME DE VINITHARIUS: LE RECIT DE JORDANES ET LES DONNEES ARCHEOLOGIQUES - Michel Kazanski......Page 229
POLITICAL RHETORIC AND POLITICAL IDEOLOGY INLOMBARD ITALY - Dick Harrison......Page 249
LEGISLATION......Page 250
CHARTERS......Page 253
COINAGE......Page 254
BUILDINGS......Page 255
CHRISTIAN INFLUENCES......Page 256
ROMAN INFLUENCES......Page 257
THE CULT OF THE SAINTS......Page 259
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 260
ROYAL TREASURES AND REPRESENTATION IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES - Matthias Hardt......Page 263
INTRODUCTION......Page 289
A. Ostrovany grave 1 (Figg. 4 and 5)......Page 291
B. The brooch from Szilägysomlyö II (Figg. 9 and 10)......Page 292
C. Pietroasa (Figg. 11 and 12)......Page 296
D. Rebrin (Figg. 14 and 15)......Page 297
2. CULTURAL-HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE......Page 300
FIGURES 1-18......Page 305
CONCLUSION: STRATEGIES OF DISTINCTION - Ian Wood......Page 322
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 330
PRIMARY SOURCES......Page 332
LITERATURE......Page 337
INDEX......Page 364