Language and History in the Early Germanic World

D. H. Green

Cambridge University Press, Aug 28, 2000 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 444 pages

This book brings together linguistic evidence ranging in date from before Caesar to about 900 AD, and in geographical scope from Ireland to the Crimea and Visigothic Spain to the Eastern Baltic, to shed light on important aspects of Germanic culture and to show how the Germanic tribes of Northern Europe were affected by contact with the world of classical antiquity and early Christianity.‘For the cultural historian, [this book] will be an essential companion and guide for many years to come.’ David N. Dumville, University of Cambridge‘The book can be recommended to graduate students in Germanic historical linguistics and anyone interested in Germanic etymology. [It] should also prove useful to historians and archaeologists.’ Diachronica‘At last, we have an accessible and up-to-date book showing what can be done with language history.’ John Hines, School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University

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In this book DH Green uses the changes in and development of Germanic languages to provide evidence of Germanic cultural and societal changes, and to discuss how interactions between different ...

Contents

• Religion: 13
• Law: 30
• Kinship: 49
• Warfare: 67
• People and army: 84
• Lordship: 102
• Kingship: 121
• CONTACT WITH THE NONGERMANIC WORLD: 141
• Introduction to Part II: 143
• Contact with the Celts: 145
• The migration of the Goths: 164
• Germanic loanwords in Latin: 182
• Latin loanwords in Germanic: 201
• Trade and warfare with the Romans: 219
• Names of days of the week: 236
• The vocabulary of writing: 254
• CONTACT WITH THE CHRISTIANITY: 271
• Introduction to Part III: 273
• Problems of Christianisation: 275
• The influence of provincial Roman Christianity: 291
• The influence of Gothic: 308
• The influence of the Merovingian Franks: 325
• The influence of the AngloSaxons: 341
• Contrasts in Christian vocabulary: 357
• The vocabulary of ethics and fate: 374
• Guide to further reading in English: 392
• Bibliography: 398
• Index of words: 425

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Page 419 - Die Urheimat der Goten und ihre Wanderungen ins Weichselland und nach Südrußland.

Page xii - MGH AA = Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Auctores Antiquissimi MGH SS = Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores (in folio) NA = Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für Ältere Deutsche Geschichtskunde PG = Patrologia Graeca, ed.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Language and History in the Early Germanic World
• Author: D. H. Green
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0521794234, 9780521794237
• Length: 444 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative