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Carregando... The Goths: Lost Civilizations (2018)de David M. Gwynn
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This book, part of a series called “Lost Civilizations”, is intended for the general public: there are no unprecedented theories or exhaustive arguments on specific problems or documents, except for the notes and a brief annotated bibliography for each chapter that precedes the final index. The many elegant images are useful for following the author’s arguments. With its flowing style, it is useful for specialists in Romano-barbaric societies as well: they will easily orient themselves in the historical sections and will be intrigued by the brilliant variations on the theme of the modern cultural heritage of the notion of “the Gothic”. Current historiographical debates are only briefly touched upon, but the author’s references reveal knowledge and accuracy (to cite only one example, the relationship between pre-Christian Gothic religion and the northern sagas of the Middle Ages, pp. 17-18). Pertence à série
The Goths are truly a 'lost civilization'. Sweeping down from the north, ancient Gothic tribes sacked the imperial city of Rome and set in motion the decline and fall of the western Roman Empire. Ostrogothic and Visigothic kings ruled over Italy and Spain, dominating early medieval Europe. Yet the last Gothic kingdom fell more than a thousand years ago, and the Goths disappeared as an independent people. Over the centuries that followed, the vanished Goths were remembered both as barbaric destroyers and as heroic champions of liberty. This engaging history brings together the interwoven stories of the original Goths and the diverse Gothic legacy: a legacy that continues to shape our modern world. From the ancient migrations to contemporary Goth culture, through debates over democratic freedom and European nationalism and across the work of writers from Shakespeare to Bram Stoker, David M. Gwynn explores the ever-widening gulf between the Goths of history and the Goths of popular imagination. Historians, students of architecture and literature and general readers alike will learn something new from The Goths. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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