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An investigation into the mysterious Frisians, drawing together evidence from linguistic, textual and archaeological sources.From as early as the first century AD, learned Romans knew of more than one group of people living in north-western Europe beyond their Empire's Gallic provinces whose names contained the element that gives us modern'Frisian'. These were apparently Celtic-speaking peoples, but that population was probably completely replaced in the course of the convulsions that Europe underwent during the fourth and fifth centuries. While the importance of linguisticallyGermanic Frisians as neighbours of the Anglo-Saxons, Franks, Saxons and Danes in the centuries immediately following the fall of the Roman Empire in the West is widely recognized, these folk themselves remain enigmatic, the details of their culture and organization unfamiliar to many. The Frisian population and their lands, including all the coastal communities of the North sea region and their connections with the Baltic shores, form the focal pointof this volume, though viewed often through comparison with, or even through the eyes of, their neighbours. The essays present the most up-to-date discoveries, re
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- Author
- John Hines; Nelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm
- Publisher
- The Boydell Press, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781787440630
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, History, Western
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (6 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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