Franks and Alamanni in the Merovingian Period: An Ethnographic PerspectiveIan N. Wood The Franks were the most successful of all the barbarian peoples in establishing a kingdom in the aftermath of the collapse of the West Roman Empire; among their victims were their immediate neighbours, the Alamans, who were engulfed in the course of Frankish expansion. This volume considers the Franks and Alamans from a series of perspectives, historical, archaeological, and linguistic. The origins of both peoples are explored, 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 | 1 |
Gregorys cities Government and administration Security and defence | 5 |
Franks and Alamanni a historical sketch Frankish ethnogenesis Alamannic | 21 |
Introduction Settlement features Rural settlements Central places | 69 |
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 |
Discussion | 270 |
THE NATURE OF FRANKISH POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE SEVENTH | 285 |
Discussion | 301 |
IMITATIO IMPERII | 317 |
Discussion | 331 |
THE INFLUENCE OF THE MEROVINGIAN FRANKS ON THE CHRISTIAN | 343 |
Discussion | 361 |
CURRENT ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF FRANKS | 371 |
Sources Élite Life development Size of communities Ethnicity Ethnic units and élite | 199 |
JURAL RELATIONS AMONG THE FRANKS AND ALAMANNI I Wood | 213 |
Discussion | 226 |
URBAN FUNCTIONS IN SIXTHCENTURY GAUL | 239 |
History Kinship and marriage Social structure Jural relations and conflict Rural | 442 |
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Common terms and phrases
Alamanni Anglo-Saxon archaeological Archäologie Archäologische aristocratic AUSENDA Baden-Württemberg barbarian bishop Burgundian burial Carolingian cemeteries centres Chilperic Christian Christlein Church Clovis context DAMMINGER early medieval ecclesiastical élite end of paper ethnic evidence example excavated farmstead FOURACRE Francia Frankish Franks and Alamanni Frühgeschichte Gaul Gemarkung generatio Germanic grave-goods graves GREEN Gregory of Tours Gregory's groups Grubenhäuser Hahn HALSALL Hannover HARDT houses identity important incest Irish Jan Thorbecke Verlag JONG king kingdom kinship Kraichgau Krusch Langobardic late Roman Latin Lauchheim Leges Alamannorum legislation Lex Ribvaria LOSEBY marriage mean mentioned Merovingian Merovingian period Migration period Monumenta Germaniae Historica Ostalbkreis Pactus Alamannorum 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 Speyer Stuttgart Suebi suggested urban wergild WOOD word yes yes