Franks and Alamanni in the Merovingian Period: An Ethnographic PerspectiveIan N. Wood Boydell & Brewer, 1998 - 481 pages The Franks were the most successful of all the barbarian peoples to establish a kingdom in the aftermath of the collapse of the West Roman Empire, among their victims being their immediate neighbours, the Alamans, who were engulfed in the course of Frankish expansion. This volume, the third in a series derived from conferences held in the Republic of San Marino, considers the Franks and Alamans from a series of perspectives, historical, archaeological, and linguistic; the origins of both peoples are considered, as are the settlement patterns of the Alamans, the urban, social, and legal history of the Franks, together with Frankish involvement in missions to the east of the Rhine, the role played by the Franks in the development of early medieval incest legislation, and the evidence of Frankish treasure.IAN WOOD is Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Leeds. Contributors: H.J. HUMMER, F. DAMMINGER, M. DE JONG, GUY HALSALL, F. SIEGMUND, IAN WOOD, S.T. LOSEBY, P.J. FOURACRE, M. HARDT, D.H. GREEN, G. AUSENDA |
Contents
Wood | 9 |
Franks and Alamanni a historical sketch Frankish ethnogenesis Alamannic | 21 |
Introduction Settlement features Rural settlements Central places | 89 |
EARLY MEDIEVAL INCEST LEGISLATION | 107 |
Some evidence Conflict and confusion Explanations Alternatives | 125 |
SOCIAL IDENTITIES AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN EARLY MEROVINGIAN | 141 |
Identities and barriers Theory 2 Dynamics of sociopolitical change | 165 |
Sources Élite Life development Size of communities Ethnicity Ethnic units and élite | 199 |
Discussion | 270 |
THE NATURE OF FRANKISH POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE SEVENTH | 285 |
Discussion | 301 |
IMITATIO IMPERII | 317 |
Discussion | 331 |
THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN FRANKS ON THE CHRISTIAN | 343 |
Discussion | 361 |
CURRENT ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF FRANKS | 371 |
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Alamanni Anglo-Saxon Archäologische aristocratic AUSENDA Baden-Württemberg barbarian bishops Burgundian burial Carolingian cemeteries centres Chilperic Christian Christlein Church civitas context court DAMMINGER discussion early medieval ecclesiastical economic élite end of paper ethnic example excavated farmstead Fouracre Francia Frankish Franks and Alamanni Fridiburga Gaul Gemarkung Germanic grave-goods graves GREEN Gregory of Tours Gregory's Grubenhäuser Guntram Hahn HALSALL Hannover HARDT houses identity important incest influence Irish JONG kingdom kinship Kraichgau Krusch Langobardic late antique late Roman Latin Lauchheim Leges Alamannorum Lex Ribvaria linguistic look LOSEBY marriage mean mentioned Merovingian Merovingian period Migration period Monumenta Germaniae Historica Ostalbkreis Pactus legis Salicae place-names political population problem question References at end region relations Rhine royal rural seems settlement seventh century SIEGMUND sixth century society sources Suebi suggested thought towns trans urban Visigothic Wood word