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Scott Roush
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Location: Washburn, WI Joined: 27 Jan 2011
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 Posted: Mon 01 Jul, 2013 8:35 am Post subject: Recommended reading on Frankish and Germanic culture... |
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I'm looking for good reading on the general history and culture of the Germanic tribes.. from early Frankish through Merovingian and Carollingian, etc. Art, weapons, village life...
Just trying to get a better feel as I dive into a Frankish langseax project (from bloomery steel!)...
http://www.bigrockforge.com
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Craig Peters
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The Inheritance of Rome, by Chris Wickham, provides an excellent introduction to the early Middle Ages. It will provide a good, broad context, and covers a surprising amount of detail for the centuries you are talking about. It is more focused on political history than daily life, but I think it might still be illuminating.
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Scott Roush
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Location: Washburn, WI Joined: 27 Jan 2011
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Radovan Geist
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I can only recommend this excellent book: http://books.google.sk/books/about/Before_Fra...edir_esc=y
Intriguing account of transformation of late-Roman world to Merovingian Frankish kingdom, and its development towards early Carolingian. Talks a lot about continuity and longue duree transformations. It´s older (1988) but still available on e-shops (probably re-prints?).
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