Language and History in the Early Germanic WorldThis 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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Contents
Religion | 13 |
Law | 30 |
Kinship | 49 |
Warfare | 67 |
People and army | 84 |
Lordship | 102 |
Kingship | 121 |
CONTACT WITH THE NONGERMANIC WORLD | 141 |
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 |
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 |
Contrasts in Christian vocabulary | 357 |
The vocabulary of ethics and fate | 374 |
Guide to further reading in English | 392 |
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Common terms and phrases
adjective Alemannic amongst Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon mission army attested authority barbarian Bastarnae Bavarian Birkhan Brüch Celtic Celts Christian Christian terms Christian vocabulary Christianisation Church cognates context contrast Corazza denoted derived early evidence example fate formation fourth century Francia Franconian Frankish frontier function Gamillscheg 1970 Gaul Germanic languages Germanic tribes Germanic word glosses gods Gothic Goths Greek Heliand heri Hildebrandslied Ibid Ilkow influence interpretatio Romana Irish Jellinek kindred king kingship kinsmen Kluge Kuhn later Latin Latin loanwords Latin word leader linguistic loan loanwords meaning Merovingian military mission missionary Muspilli names northern Notker noun origin Otfrid pagan parallels phonological place-names political Polomé regarded religion religious render Rhine Roman ruler runic Saxons Scandinavia Schäferdiek secular semantic sense Slavonic Sound Shift suggests Tacitus Tatian tion trade translation tribal truhtin usage verb vernacular Vistula Wallace-Hadrill war-band warfare warriors Wenskus whilst Wulfila
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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.
References to this book
Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction Benjamin W. Fortson, IV No preview available - 2004 |