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Empires and Barbarians

Page 95

by Peter Heather


  Kostrzewski 389, 390–1, 392

  Krefeld-Gellep, cemetery at 318–19, 323–4, 331

  Kulikowski, Michael 113, 114

  kuning 46

  Ladoga, Lake 476, 477, 501

  laeti 314

  Langobardi 96, 100, 101, 126, 127, 136

  law texts

  and new states 527

  Leach, Edmund 14, 24

  Lech, battle of the (955) 369

  Leo, Emperor 249, 257, 259

  Life of St Anskar 471, 511

  Life of St Germanus of Auxerre 295

  Life of St Severinus, The 258

  Limigantes 85, 87, 88, 128, 183

  Lincoln 485

  Lincolnshire 485

  Lindisfarne 453

  literacy 518–19, 526–7

  Liutizi 556, 571

  Lombards 225–6, 240, 251–3, 260, 261, 374

  burial practices 253

  destruction of Heruli (508) 225, 226, 242, 257

  destruction of kingdom of by Charlemagne

  (mid-770s) 367

  gathering of groups under 240

  historical process behind expansion in

  Middle Danube 251–2

  kings 241

  material culture 253

  migration of and motivations behind expansion 157, 257–8, 356, 584, 587, 588–9

  move to Italy (560s) 252, 589

  move to Middle Danube region and becomes dominant power in 225, 251, 253, 257, 260

  war with Gepids 226

  Louis the German 368, 460, 461, 532

  Louis the Pious 457, 468, 475

  Ludi Apolinares 25, 113, 118

  Luka Raikovetska system 416, 417, 419

  Macedonia 403

  Macrianus 40–1, 90

  Magnus Maximus 179, 194, 214

  Magyars 213, 369, 577, 613

  Malchus of Philadelphia 246

  manors 292–3, 298–9, 546

  Marcomanni 6, 38, 61–2, 94, 95–6, 96

  Marcomannic War 43, 96, 96–107, 109, 127, 128, 131, 136, 188, 363

  and archaeological excavations 102–5

  causes of 98–100

  damage caused by barbarians 100

  defeat of barbarians and restoring of order 97–8

  and expansion of Wielbark culture 105–6

  geographical displacement during 101–2, 106–7, 125–6

  scale of and number of people involved 100

  Marcus Aurelius 94, 95, 96–7, 98, 99, 100–1

  Maroboduus 38, 40

  Martel, Charles 367

  Marxism/Marxists 47–8, 102–3, 467

  Maslomelcz group 125

  mass migration 347–50

  definition 31–2

  and social stress 329–31

  Maurice, Emperor 401, 428

  Mecklenburg 429

  Mederichus 38–9

  Mercia 459, 460

  Merovech 306

  Merovingian Franks 220, 286, 306–10, 363–7, 368, 371

  political fragmentation of Empire 366–7

  role of migration in sixth century 317–29

  status groups in 320–1

  metal production, Germani 52–3

  Middle Danube 222–6, 257

  Miesco I 533, 555

  migration costs 594–5

  military capability

  of new states 522–4

  military kingship

  Germani and rise of 43–7

  military retinues 61, 145, 150, 171, 284, 505

  and new states 540–1, 547, 563–4

  Miracles of St Demetrius 403, 404, 423

  modern migration 141, 142, 146, 161, 353, 592–3, 602

  Mogilany culture 410–11, 411, 412, 426

  Moldavia 393, 439, 446

  Moravia/Moravians xiii–xix 409, 411, 516–17, 532–3, 557, 563

  and castles 521

  Christian basilicas in 525

  conversion to Christianity 518, 568

  creation of 516–17, 532–3

  fighting of Magyars 613

  and imperial predation 558

  military power of 522

  trading of land 528

  Musocius 424

  Naristi 98, 101, 128, 132

  nationalism 13–14

  Nazis 13, 118–19

  Nedao, battle of the (454) 207, 208, 223

  Neolithic period 22

  new states 610–12

  and agricultural production 545–8, 552, 612

  castle construction 521–2

  church building 525

  and codes of law 527

  and communication 525–6

  conversion to Christianity 517, 518, 519, 558, 567–72, 610

  dynastic ambition as activating mechanism for state formation 553

  fur and slave trade 564–5

  and globalization 563–72

  governmental capacity 521

  and itineration 529–30, 551, 610

  lack of secondary migration 575–6, 612–13

  military capabilities 522–4, 564, 610, 611

  and military retinues 540–1, 563–4

  operating within distinct centre-periphery dichotomy 551

  and population densities 550

  products of long and complex processes of transformation 572–3

  and record-keeping 526–7

  relations with Empire 554–63, 574–5

  rise of dynasties 531–9, 610

  size and scale of 520–1

  state-building 539–53

  and swapping of land 528–9, 610

  and trade networks 548–9, 552, 564–7, 573, 610, 611, 612

  transformation and ‘peer polity interaction’ 573

  nomads 7, 184–5, 211–12, 213, 220, 406

  Norman Conquest 23, 267, 292, 298–9, 301–2, 327, 329–30, 349, 350, 487, 580, 614

  North Africa

  Vandal-Alan invasion of (429) 7, 73, 176, 340, 351, 354, 589

  North European Plain 6, 7–8

  Northern Crusades 556–7

  Northumbria 496, 502, 510

  Norway 274, 281, 372, 453–4, 464, 498, 528, 537

  Notitia Dignitatum 340

  Novotroitskoe 426

  Ntaryamira, President Cyprien 1

  Nydam boat 505

  Odovacar 224, 225, 240, 243, 251, 254, 258, 261

  Odry (Poland), cemetery at 49, 56

  Offa, King of Mercia 454

  Olaf the White 458

  Oleg 479, 480, 535, 536, 551

  Olympiodorus of Thebes 174, 175, 216, 220

  Onegesius 228, 230

  optimates 542, 542–3, 563

  Ostrogoths 57, 70, 123, 220, 224, 339, 343, 347–8, 358, 375

  conquering of by Byzantines (536) 241, 243–4

  conquering of Italy 354, 586

  destruction of by Justinian 361, 364, 378

  Otto I, King 369, 554

  Otto III, Emperor 515–16, 519, 555, 556, 559

  Ottoman Empire 369, 380

  Ottonians 554–63, 571

  Palestinian refugees 29

  Pannonia 126, 127, 207, 208, 225, 231–2, 253, 340

  Parthian War 99

  peasantry 614

  peer polity interaction 573, 575

  Peloponnese 402, 404, 431–2

  Penkovka system 415–16, 419

  Perigastes 424

  Persia 137, 378, 379, 401, 402

  Petchenegs 213, 521

  Petrovskoe 493

  philology 46

  Piasts 515, 520, 521, 522–3, 528, 533–4, 549, 573

  castle construction 534, 550

  conversion to Christianity 567

  military power of 522

  rise to power 533–4, 550

  and slave trade 567

  Picts 287–8

  Pippin 367, 456

  place-name evidence

  Anglo-Saxonization and 269–70

  Frankish immigration 325

  Viking migration 485, 487–8

  ploughing/ploughs 74, 293, 430,
546

  Poland 104, 371, 390–1, 392, 412, 520, 528, 563

  agricultural economy 546

  at start of first millennium 516

  extent of lands 520

  law books 527

  military capability 522–3

  and Piast dynasty see Piasts population density 550

  and trade 549

  trade in lands 528

  Polesia 441

  political migration 1, 29, 30–1, 33, 597–8

  pollen studies 52, 429

  Pomerania 371, 469

  Portchester 285

  Postumus, Emperor 108

  Potgieter, Hendrik 144

  pottery 141, 253–4, 373

  Cernjachov 118

  Germanic 53, 373, 374

  Slavic 409–10, 412, 416, 430–1

  Premyslids 428, 516, 521, 529, 531–2, 550, 573

  primordialists 24, 25

  Priscus 220, 227–8, 230, 231, 232

  Procopius 243, 247, 261, 282, 392, 394, 400, 423, 430, 433, 586

  Przeworsk system 103, 105, 391

  disintegration of 371, 373, 384

  Ptolemy 6, 8, 36, 115

  Quadi 83, 83–4, 94–6, 97, 98, 99, 102, 127

  Radagaisus 151, 173, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180, 181, 182, 186, 199, 338

  Radulf, revolt of (639) 366

  Raetia 196

  Ragnar Lothbrok 458

  Ravning Edge Bridge 525–6, 530

  Recitach 249–50

  Reginharius 456, 457, 458, 511

  Regino of Prüm 368

  Reihengräber cemeteries 318, 319, 320, 323, 324, 326, 327

  Remigius of Rheims, Bishop 312

  Rethra, cult of 571

  Retief, Piet 144

  return migration 447, 592–3

  Riade, battle of (933) 369

  Rodulf of the Rani 261

  Roman Britain 269, 270–2

  archaeological material 273–4

  breaking down of systems thesis 271–2

  British rebellion (409) 294–5

  decline in investment in public monuments by towns 270–1

  disappearance of villas 294, 295–6

  rural prosperity and flourishing of villas 271

  Romans/Roman Empire 333

  Alamanni raids and assaults against 81–2, 108

  civil wars 169, 194

  collapse of eastern empire and reasons 378, 379, 380, 381–2

  collapse of frontier 151–3

  damage caused by invasions 175

  decline 306, 307

  fortifications 522

  Germani raids against 59, 81–2, 89, 92, 96, 97

  Gothic attacks on in third century 109–10, 111, 127, 338

  immigration policies 136

  migration in 598–603

  new political bonds between immigrant leaders and 335

  and Persian wars 59, 61, 379

  recruitment of Germanic manpower into army 61, 74–5, 84, 90, 91

  relations with periphery 561

  resettlement of barbarians 168

  resistance to barbarian migration over the border 336–7

  ruling of Germani and diplomatic methods used to keep under control 81–9

  third-century fighting against barbarians 107, 109–11

  trade with Germani 61–2, 72–81, 91, 138, 139, 564

  withdrawal of troops from frontiers due to civil wars 179

  Roman Empire collapse (western) 339–59, 407, 506

  conflict between immigrants and 353–4

  connection with immigrant violence 338–40

  and deals between local aristocrats and immigrants 341–2

  impact of immigrants on imperial tax revenues 311, 339–40, 342

  impact of on patterns of development 384

  impact of on society and culture 349–50

  and migration 332, 333–55, 349, 383

  migration and development in period of 355–9

  and relocation of landed resources 350–2

  Rome

  sacking of by Goths 196, 202

  Romny-Borshevo system 416–17

  Roxolani 98, 114

  Rufinus of Aquileia 39

  Rugi 115, 116, 222, 240, 243, 255, 258, 259, 344, 589

  defeat of by Odovacar 251, 254

  demise of kingdom of 224, 225, 240

  and group identity 242, 243

  maintaining of independence 242

  role of information in migration 261

  Runder Berg (Urach) 56–7, 62

  Ruric 469, 478, 479, 480

  Rurikids 434–7, 523, 549, 551–2, 566, 573

  Rus 466–81

  arrival in Russia 468–9

  attack on Constantinople (475) 475–6, 480

  developing of contacts with Islamic world 474–5

  evolvement of political organization 475–7

  fur trade 470–1, 473

  and island king 478–9

  in Kiev 479–81

  military capabilities 523–4

  origins 466–8

  and slave trade 470, 479, 565–6, 567

  state of 520

  trade and trading routes 470–2, 473–4, 477–8, 493

  Rusanova, Irina 395

  Russia 10

  agriculture 546

  anti-Christianity 571

  fortifications 521

  hunting in 530

  itineration in 529–30

  law books 527

  and military retinues 541

  relocating of capital to Kiev by Rurikids 551–2

  rise of Rurikids 534–7

  Slavicization of 414–18, 426–7

  and trade 549

  treaty with Byzantiums 523, 535

  and Viking migration 491–2, 514

  Russian Primary Chronicle 56, 414, 417, 468–9, 479, 480, 518, 534, 536, 551–2

  Russian Vikings 465–81 see also Rus

  Ruzycankan group 125

  Rwanda 1, 29, 161, 353, 584

  Rybakov 390, 391

  St Germain monastery 456

  St Wenceslas Day massacre (995) 531, 570

  Salian Franks 306, 383

  Salona 432

  Samanid dynasty 478, 565

  Samo 343, 408, 430, 434, 444

  Sarmatians 7, 83, 85, 97, 98, 113, 114, 115, 151, 168, 221–2

  Sarskoe Gorodishche 492, 494

  Sarus 193, 198

  Sawyer, Peter 481–2

  Saxon mercenaries 279, 282, 283

  ‘Saxon Shore’ 285–6

  Saxons 37, 42, 366, 367, 374, 560 see also Anglo-Saxons

  Scandinavia 281, 372, 509–11, 517 see also Vikings

  Sciri 152, 174, 183, 187, 222, 224, 228, 239, 240, 255, 258, 261

  Sclavenes 392–3, 394, 397, 398, 399–401, 402, 416, 420, 439

  Scotland

  Viking raids and settlement 453, 455, 487, 496, 582

  Scots 287–8

  ‘Scythia’ 6–7

  sea levels, rising 286

  sea transport

  and Viking migration 504–6, 512, 513, 583–4, 595–6

  Second World War 29

  Seljuk Turks 236

  semi-sunken hut (Grubenhaus) 118

  Serapio 36, 38

  Serbs 11, 405, 405–6, 424–5, 444

  Sergeric 193

  service villages 542, 550, 561

  Shchukin, Mark 120, 392

  ships, Viking 503–4, 513

  Sihtric, King 464–5

  Siling Vandals 173, 176, 187, 189, 204, 338, 383

  skulls 318

  slaves/slave trade 91, 445, 542, 544, 548–9, 564, 565–7

  Germanic 46, 55, 66, 75, 78, 81, 91, 139

  and new states 564–5

  and Rus 470, 479, 565–6, 567

  and Vikings 498–9, 548

  and women 566–7

  Slavic Europe/Slavicization 386–451, 553, 582, 609

  archaeological remains and creation of 388–9

  Balkans 399–406, 419

  Central Europe 406–16


  extent of 386

  lack of sources on creation of 387–8

  Russia 414–18, 419

  Slavic migration 9, 393–4, 419–45, 445–51, 582

  absorption of outsiders 434–7

  and collapse of Germanic culture collapse 438, 440–1

  complexity of process 449–50

  demographic significance 429–31

  and fields of information 446, 591

  flows of 420–8

  and inherent mobility 446, 593

  limitations of source materials on 449

  as mass migration 438

  motivations for 439–45

  nature of units 445

  and non-elite transfer/cultural emulation model 433

  relations between Slavs and indigenous populations 428, 433–8, 450

  return 447–8

  scale and size of population units 420–7, 449–50

  as shock to Slavs themselves 438–9

  and transport logistics 448

  and wave of advance model 422, 427, 449

  Slavs xiii, xv 120, 374, 514, 540–2

  and agriculture 430, 431, 447

  and Avars 401, 424–5, 443–5, 447, 608–9

  and collapse of Germanic Europe 607

  conflict with Goths 442

  contacts with east Roman Empire 607–8, 609

  emergence of new states see new states

  first documented appearance 392–3

  inter-Slavic rivalry of nationalist era 390

  language 395, 398

  links with the Venedi 394–5, 396

  and literacy 518

  marked by lack of social differentiation 541

  military effectiveness of 450

  original homelands and competing visions on 389–98, 447

  proto- 392–8

  raiding of Roman Balkans 437, 439, 446, 448

  relations with Ottonians and Carolingians 554–6

  restructuring of society by ninth/tenth century 540–4

  treatment of prisoners 428, 437

  warrior class 439–40

  Slovakia xiii 408, 410, 411, 520

  Snake Walls 521

  social-stress theory 320–1, 327–8, 329–32

  Socrates Scholasticus 160

  Sorbs 408, 444

  Spain 189–90, 203, 456

  Staraja Ladoga 476, 478, 492, 494, 498, 501, 507, 565

  state-building

  and new states 539–53

  Stenton, Sir Frank 300

  Stilicho 175, 178, 179, 180, 192, 196–7, 199, 214

  Strabo 249

  Strasbourg, battle of 40, 59, 62, 65, 73, 158

  Strategicon of Maurice 422, 433, 434, 435, 437

  subsidies, Roman 86–7, 139, 140, 181, 337

  Suebi 225

  Suebic knot 54

  Suevi 82, 173–5, 176, 180–1, 184, 187, 189, 204, 221–2, 333

  Sukow-Dziedzice system 412, 413, 414, 419, 426, 430–1, 434, 449

  Svein 521, 524, 530, 539

  Sviatoslav 552, 571, 574

  Sweden 528

  Syagrius 308, 309, 310

  Synesius of Cyrene 180, 191, 192

  Tacitus, Cornelius 6, 36, 38, 46, 115, 124

  Germania 7, 16, 36, 391, 395

 

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