The World of the Huns
Subtitle: Studies in Their History and Culture
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Published: August 1973
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 631
ISBN-13: 9780520015968
Subjects: History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Huns; Unassigned Title; Biography/Autobiography; General; Attila; Attila,; d. 453
Description: xxix, 602 p. illus. 26 cm.
Table of contents: title: Contents … v; title: List of Illustrations … viii; title: Foreword … xiii; title: Editor’s Note … xvi; title: Fragments from the Author’s Preface … xix; title: Author’s Acknowledgments (Fragments) … xxiv; title: ◦; title: I. THE LITERARY EVIDENCE … 1; title: Demonization … 2; title: Equations … 5; title: Ammianus Marcellinus … 9; title: Cassiodorus, Jordanes	 … 15; title: ◦; title: II. HISTORY … 18; title: From the Don to the Danube … 18; title: The Huns at the Danube … 26; title: The Invasion of Asia … 51; title: Uldin … 59; title: Charaton … 73; title: Octar and Ruga … 81; title: Attila … 94; title: Attila’s Kingdom … 125; title: The Huns in Italy … 129; title: Collapse and Aftermath … 143; title: The First Gotho-Hunnic War … 152; title: The Second Gotho-Hunnic War … 162; title: The End … 165; title: ◦; title: III. ECONOMY … 169; title: Camels … 172; title: Hunnic Agriculture? … 174; title: Housing … 178; title: Income in Gold … 180; title: Trade … 186; title: Silk … 188; title: Wine … 189; title: ◦; title: IV. SOCIETY … 190; title: Aristocracy … 198; title: Slaves … 199; title: ◦; title: V. WARFARE … 201; title: General Characteristics … 201; title: Horses … 203; title: Bows and Arrows … 221; title: Swords … 233; title: Lances … 238; title: The Lasso … 239; title: Armor … 241; title: Huns in the Roman Army … 255; title: ◦; title: VI. RELIGION … 259; title: The Huns and Christianity … 260; title: Seers and Shamans … 267; title: Divine Kingship? … 270; title: Strava … 274; title: The Sacred Sword … 278; title: Masks and Amulets … 280; title: Eidola … 286; title: ◦; title: VII. ART … 297; title: Gold Diadems … 297; title: Cauldrons … 306; title: Mirrors … 337; title: Personal Ornaments … 354; title: ◦; title: VIII. RACE … 358; title: The Hsiung-nu … 367; title: Europoids in East Asia … 369; title: ◦; title: IX. LANGUAGE … 376; title: Speculations about the Language of the Huns … 376; title: Transcriptions … 379; title: Etymologies … 382; title: Germanized and Germanic Names … 386; title: Iranian Names … 390; title: Turkish Names … 392; title: Names of Undetermined Origin … 412; title: Hybrid Names … 422; title: Tribal Names … 427; title: Conclusions … 441; title: ◦; title: X. EARLY HUNS IN EASTERN EUROPE … 444; title: ◦; title: XI. APPENDIXES … 456; title: 1. The Chronicle of 452 … 456; title: 2. Armenian Sources … 457; title: 3. Figures in Olympiodorus … 459; title: 4. The Alleged Loss of Pannonia Prima in 395 … 459; title: 5. Religious Motifs in Hunnic Art? … 461; title: ◦; title: XII. BACKGROUND: THE ROMAN EMPIRE AT THE TIME OF THE HUNNIC INVASIONS, BY PAUL ALEXANDER … 464; title: ◦; title: Bibliography … 486; title: — Abbreviations … 486; title: — Classical and Medieval Register … 494; title: — Sources … 503; title: Index … 579