Roland Steinacher, "Wanderung der Barbaren? Zur Entstehung und Bedeutung des Epochenbegriffs ‚Völkerwanderung‘ bis ins 19. Jahrhundert", in: Felix Wiedemann, Kerstin P. Hofmann and Hans-Joachim Gehrke (Eds.), Vom Wandern der Völker. Migrationserzählungen in den Altertumswissenschaften, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2017, 67–95
Abstract
Throughout Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages no scholar developed a concept of Barbarian Invasions or a Migration period. Contemporary historical perceptions derive from early modern learned concepts. The same applies to the traditional division of Western history, separating antiquity and the Middle Ages. On the other hand, early modern concepts are densely connected to literary patterns of classical literature.
Published In
Felix Wiedemann, Kerstin P. Hofmann and Hans-Joachim Gehrke (Eds.), Vom Wandern der Völker. Migrationserzählungen in den Altertumswissenschaften, Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2017