Publication Date:
2024-04-01
Description:
European culture has been greatly influenced by the Christian Church and Greek and Roman culture. However, the peoples of Europe’s remote past, whom the Greeks, Romans, and their medieval heirs called the «barbarians», also left their mark. Closely examining ancient and medieval narratives and the codifications of laws, this thoughtfully conducted comparative study sheds light on the illiterate societies of the early Germanic and Slavic peoples. The picture that emerges is one of communities built on kinship, neighborly, and tribal relations, where decision making, judgement, and punishment were carried out collectively, and the distinction between the sacred and profane was unknown.
Keywords:
Barbares
;
Barbarian
;
Barbarian collectivism
;
Barbarian society
;
Europe
;
Flammarion
;
laeti
;
L'Europe
;
Modzelewski
;
mundium
;
slaves
;
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology
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thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500
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thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history
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thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies
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thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAF Systems of law::LAFR Systems of law: Roman law
Language:
English
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