Table of Contents

Foreword. Introduction: Rediscovery. Part I: 1. Land and People. 2. The Social Fabric. 3. The Germans and the Advance of Rome. 4. The Living and the Dead. 5. Trade and Diplomacy. 6. Cult, Art and Technology. Part II: Frontier Societies: 7. The Gothic Kingdoms. 8. The Suebi and Vandals. 9. The Franks, Alamanni and Burgundians. 10. The Northern Peoples. 11. The Gepids and Lombards. 12. The Thuringians and Bavarians. Conclusion: From Antiquity to Today. Sources. Bibliography. Index.

About the Author

Malcolm Todd is an Emeritus Professor of Archaeology and former Principal of Trevelyan College in the University of Durham. He is the author, among others, of The Northern Barbarians (second edition, Blackwell, 1987) and Roman Britain (Third Edition, Blackwell, 1999), editor of A Companion to Roman Britain (Blackwell, 2003) and a contributor to The Cambridge Ancient History and Der Neue Pauly.

Reviews

'This book delivers on its claim to be an overview of what is currently known about the early Germanic tribes and their impact on the declining classical civilizations. It is a good, up-to-date overview of the Germanic impact on Western civilization.'
Choice

'The text is clear and compact, the maps, figures and photographs are apt and profuse, ... thoroughly efficient work is rounded off with a thoughtful chapter on the treatment of the German past from antiquity to present.'
History

'This very readable and most handsomely produced book provides a general introduction to the social structure, trade, customs, religion and craftsmanship of the Germanic peoples in northern Europe until about the end of the Roman Empire.'
Medium Aevum