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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 after the last Gothic kingdom fell more than a thousand years ago, the Goths disappeared as an independent people. Over the centuries that followed, as traces of Gothic civilization vanished, its people came to be remembered as both barbaric destroyers and heroic champions of liberty. In this engaging history, David M. Gwynn brings together the interwoven stories of the original Goths and the diverse Gothic heritage, a heritage that continues to shape our modern world. From the ancient migrations to contemporary Goth culture, through debates over democratic freedom and European nationalism, and drawing on writers from Shakespeare to Bram Stoker, Gwynn explores the ever-widening gulf between the Goths of history and the popular imagination. Historians, students of architecture and literature, and general readers alike will learn something new about this great lost civilization.
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THE GOTHS
LOST CIVILIZATIONS
The books in this series explore the rise and fall of the great civilizations and peoples of the ancient world. Each book considers not only their history but their art, culture and lasting legacy and asks why they remain important and relevant in our world today.
Already published:
The Barbarians Peter Bogucki
Egypt Christina Riggs
The Etruscans Lucy Shipley
The Goths David M. Gwynn
The Indus Andrew Robinson
The Persians Geoffrey Parker and Brenda Parker
| THE GOTHS LOST CIVILIZATIONS |
REAKTION BOOKS
To Jenny
A Most Excellent Goth
Published by Reaktion Books Ltd
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First published 2017
Copyright David M. Gwynn 2017
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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers
Page references in the Photo Acknowledgments and
Index match the printed edition of this book.
Printed and bound in China by 1010 Printing International Ltd
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
eISBN: 9781780238920
CONTENTS
| C HRONOLOGY |
| ??? | The Goths migrate from Scandza |
| 98 | Tacitus, Germania |
| c. 250400 | Sntana de Mure-ernjachov Culture |
| c. 340 | Ulfila begins his mission |
| c. 350 | Hun attacks on the Goths begin |
| 376 | Tervingi and Greuthungi tribes arrive at the Danube river |
| 378 | Battle of Adrianople |
| 382 | Tervingi and Greuthungi settle in the Balkans |
| c. 390 | Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae |
| 395 | Death of Theodosius I; rise of Alaric |
| 4012 | Alarics first invasion of Italy |
| 402 | Claudian, The Gothic War |
| 406 | Vandals, Alans and Sueves cross the Rhine |
| 410 | The Sack of Rome (24 August) |
| 411 | Death of Alaric |
| 414 | Marriage of Athaulf and Galla Placidia |
| c. 416 | Orosius, Seven Books of History against the Pagans |
| 418 | Creation of the Visigothic kingdom of Aquitaine |
| c. 440 | Salvian of Marseille, On the Governance of God |
| 451 | Battle of the Catalaunian Fields |
| c. 455c. 489 | Sidonius Apollinaris, Letters |
| 476 | Deposition of Romulus Augustulus, the last western Roman emperor |
| 48993 | Ostrogothic invasion of Italy led by Theoderic the Amal |
| 507 | Visigothic king Alaric II defeated by Clovis at Vouille |
| c. 524 | Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy |
| 526 | Death of Theoderic |
| 53554 | Justinians conquest of Ostrogothic Italy |
| c. 538 | Cassiodorus, Variae |
| c. 551 | Jordanes, Getica |
| c. 5514 | Procopius, Wars |
| 568 | Accession of Leovigild |
| 589 | Reccared converts to Catholic Christianity |
| c. 62136 | Isidore of Seville, History of the Kings of the Goths and Etymologies |
| 649 | Accession of Reccesuinth |
| 711 | Islamic invasion of Visigothic Spain |
| 731 | Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People |
| 800 | Charlemagne crowned emperor in Rome |
| c. 1157 | Otto of Freising, Chronicle or History of the Two Cities |
| c. 1160 | Construction of Notre-Dame de Paris begins |
| c. 1200 | The Nibelungenlied |
| 1220 | Construction of Salisbury Cathedral begins |
| 1248 | Construction of Cologne Cathedral begins |
| c. 1350 | The Italian Renaissance begins |
| 1453 | Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks |
| 1492 | Surrender of Granada completes the Spanish Reconquista |
| 1517 | The Protestant Reformation begins |
| 1554 | Johannes Magnus, History of all Kings of Goths and Swedes |
| 1556 | Accession of Philip II of Spain |
| 1568 | Vasari, Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects |
| 1586 | Camden, Britannia |
| c. 1594 | Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus |
| 1605 | Verstegan, A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence |
| 164251 | English Civil War |
| 1688 | Glorious Revolution |
| 1695 | Temple, An Introduction to the History ofEngland |
| 1713 | Wren, On the State of Westminster Abbey |
| 1715 | Pope, The Temple of Fame |
| 17356 | Thompson, Liberty |
| 1740s | Gothic Revival flourishes in England |
| 1748 | Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws |
| 1749 | Work begins on Strawberry Hill |
| 1764 | Walpole, The Castle of Otranto |
| 1770 | Percy, Northern Antiquities |
| 1774 | Jefferson, A Summary View of the Rights ofBritish America |
| 1776 | United States Declaration of Independence |
| 177689 | Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of theRoman Empire |
| 1789 | French Revolution |
| 1813 | Marina, Teora de las Cortes |
| 181618 | Grimm Brothers, Deutsche Sagen |
| 1818 | Mary Shelley, Frankenstein |
| 1836 | Pugin, Contrasts |
| 1840 | New Houses of Parliament begun |
| 1843 | Marsh, The Goths in New England |
| 18489 | German Revolutions |
| 184876 | Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen |
| 1864 | Kingsley, The Roman and the Teuton |
| 1870 | Reunification of Italy |
| 1871 | German Unification |
| 1880 | Completion of Cologne Cathedral |
| 1897 |
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