Peter Heather (Oxford Worcester College)

Broschiertes Buch

The Goths

Beschreibung

This volume draws on literary and archaeological evidence to reconstruct the Goths' dramatic history, and to explore the meaning of Gothic identity at different moments and in different contexts. It is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three main phases in Gothic history

Autor

Peter Heather was born in Northern Ireland and educated at Maidstone Grammar School and New College, Oxford. He briefly joined HM Treasury before being awarded the Murray Fellowship in History at Worcester College, Oxford. His previous books include Goths and Romans, 332-489 (1991) and The Goths in the Fourth Century (1991).

Produktdetails

• The Peoples of Europe
• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• 1998.
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 545g
• ISBN-13: 9780631209324
• ISBN-10: 0631209328
• Artikelnr.: 13597624

Rezensionen

"...a volume of central importance on the place of the Goths in early European history and a fine contribution to the study of the transformation of Europe after Rome." Times Literary Supplement, January 1998.

"... an excellent introduction to the student" Archaeological Review from Cambridge