num_pages: 392
description: Originating in India the Gypsies arrived in Europe around the 14th century spreading not only across the entirety of the continent but also immigrating to the Americas. The first Gypsy migration included farmworkers blacksmiths and mercenary soldiers as well as musicians fortune-tellers and entertainers. At first they were generally welcome as an interesting diversion to the dull routine of that period. Soon however they attracted the antagonism of the governing powers as they have continually done throughout the following centuries.The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Gypsies (Romanies) seeks to end such prejudice by clarifying the facts about this nomadic people. Through a list of acronyms a chronology an introductory essay a bibliography and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons places events institutions and aspects of culture society economy and politics the history of the Gypsies and their culture is told.
language: English
title: Historical Dictionary of the Gypsies (Romanies) (Volume 7)
publisher: Scarecrow Press