Chapter The Creation of Two Ethnographic Identities: The Cases of the Ostrogoths and the Langobards
The aim of this paper is to analyse two ethnographic identities constructed for two barbarian peoples – the Ostrogoths and the Langobards. As I try to argue, the first identity was constructed to show that the Ostrogoths were a civilized people and a better version of the Romans, and moreover, this...
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| description | The aim of this paper is to analyse two ethnographic identities constructed for two barbarian peoples – the Ostrogoths and the Langobards. As I try to argue, the first identity was constructed to show that the Ostrogoths were a civilized people and a better version of the Romans, and moreover, this identity communicated that the Ostrogoths could not be called a barbaric and savage people. Theoderic the Great’s propagandists tried to present the Ostrogothic warriors as defenders of the Roman World. The second identity – constructed for the Langobards – presented them as a people who embodied the very antithesis of their main enemies c. 660: the Franks and the Romans. The origin of the Langobards and the genesis of their ethnic hallmark, i.e. the long beards, were presented as signs of distinction or limitic structures which communicated non-romanitas of this people. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-996002025-07-17T12:15:31Z Chapter The Creation of Two Ethnographic Identities: The Cases of the Ostrogoths and the Langobards Kasperski, Robert Early Middle Ages Late Antiquity Ostrogoths Langobards Theoderic the Great Origo gentis Langobardorum Ethnographic Identity Barbarians Civilization thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History The aim of this paper is to analyse two ethnographic identities constructed for two barbarian peoples – the Ostrogoths and the Langobards. As I try to argue, the first identity was constructed to show that the Ostrogoths were a civilized people and a better version of the Romans, and moreover, this identity communicated that the Ostrogoths could not be called a barbaric and savage people. Theoderic the Great’s propagandists tried to present the Ostrogothic warriors as defenders of the Roman World. The second identity – constructed for the Langobards – presented them as a people who embodied the very antithesis of their main enemies c. 660: the Franks and the Romans. The origin of the Langobards and the genesis of their ethnic hallmark, i.e. the long beards, were presented as signs of distinction or limitic structures which communicated non-romanitas of this people. 2023-05-02T04:02:44Z 2023-05-02T04:02:44Z 2023-05-01T13:37:45Z 2022 chapter ONIX_20230501_9788855186643_18 2704-6079 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62602 9788855186643 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/99600 eng Reti Medievali E-Book open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/62602/1/chapter-36870.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/62602/1/chapter-36870.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.06 10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.06 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9788855186643 17 Florence open access |
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| title | Chapter The Creation of Two Ethnographic Identities: The Cases of the Ostrogoths and the Langobards |
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| title_short | Chapter The Creation of Two Ethnographic Identities: The Cases of the Ostrogoths and the Langobards |
| title_sort | chapter the creation of two ethnographic identities the cases of the ostrogoths and the langobards |
| topic | Early Middle Ages Late Antiquity Ostrogoths Langobards Theoderic the Great Origo gentis Langobardorum Ethnographic Identity Barbarians Civilization thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History |
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