The world of the Huns
Subtitle: studies in their history and culture
By: by Otto J. Maenchen-Helfen. Edited by Max Knight.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 602
ISBN-13: 9780520015968
Subjects: Attila, d. 453; Huns
Description: xxix, 602 p. illus. 26 cm.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 486-578.
Table of contents: class: section
title: Contents … v; class: section
title: List of Illustrations … viii; class: section
title: Foreword … xiii; class: section
title: Editor’s Note … xvi; class: section
title: Fragments from the Author’s Preface … xix; class: section
title: Author’s Acknowledgments (Fragments) … xxiv; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: I. THE LITERARY EVIDENCE … 1; class: section
title: Demonization … 2; class: section
title: Equations … 5; class: section
title: Ammianus Marcellinus … 9; class: section
title: Cassiodorus, Jordanes	 … 15; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: II. HISTORY … 18; class: section
title: From the Don to the Danube … 18; class: section
title: The Huns at the Danube … 26; class: section
title: The Invasion of Asia … 51; class: section
title: Uldin … 59; class: section
title: Charaton … 73; class: section
title: Octar and Ruga … 81; class: section
title: Attila … 94; class: section
title: Attila’s Kingdom … 125; class: section
title: The Huns in Italy … 129; class: section
title: Collapse and Aftermath … 143; class: section
title: The First Gotho-Hunnic War … 152; class: section
title: The Second Gotho-Hunnic War … 162; class: section
title: The End … 165; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: III. ECONOMY … 169; class: section
title: Camels … 172; class: section
title: Hunnic Agriculture? … 174; class: section
title: Housing … 178; class: section
title: Income in Gold … 180; class: section
title: Trade … 186; class: section
title: Silk … 188; class: section
title: Wine … 189; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: IV. SOCIETY … 190; class: section
title: Aristocracy … 198; class: section
title: Slaves … 199; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: V. WARFARE … 201; class: section
title: General Characteristics … 201; class: section
title: Horses … 203; class: section
title: Bows and Arrows … 221; class: section
title: Swords … 233; class: section
title: Lances … 238; class: section
title: The Lasso … 239; class: section
title: Armor … 241; class: section
title: Huns in the Roman Army … 255; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: VI. RELIGION … 259; class: section
title: The Huns and Christianity … 260; class: section
title: Seers and Shamans … 267; class: section
title: Divine Kingship? … 270; class: section
title: Strava … 274; class: section
title: The Sacred Sword … 278; class: section
title: Masks and Amulets … 280; class: section
title: Eidola … 286; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: VII. ART … 297; class: section
title: Gold Diadems … 297; class: section
title: Cauldrons … 306; class: section
title: Mirrors … 337; class: section
title: Personal Ornaments … 354; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: VIII. RACE … 358; class: section
title: The Hsiung-nu … 367; class: section
title: Europoids in East Asia … 369; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: IX. LANGUAGE … 376; class: section
title: Speculations about the Language of the Huns … 376; class: section
title: Transcriptions … 379; class: section
title: Etymologies … 382; class: section
title: Germanized and Germanic Names … 386; class: section
title: Iranian Names … 390; class: section
title: Turkish Names … 392; class: section
title: Names of Undetermined Origin … 412; class: section
title: Hybrid Names … 422; class: section
title: Tribal Names … 427; class: section
title: Conclusions … 441; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: X. EARLY HUNS IN EASTERN EUROPE … 444; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: XI. APPENDIXES … 456; class: section
title: 1. The Chronicle of 452 … 456; class: section
title: 2. Armenian Sources … 457; class: section
title: 3. Figures in Olympiodorus … 459; class: section
title: 4. The Alleged Loss of Pannonia Prima in 395 … 459; class: section
title: 5. Religious Motifs in Hunnic Art? … 461; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: XII. BACKGROUND: THE ROMAN EMPIRE AT THE TIME OF THE HUNNIC INVASIONS, BY PAUL ALEXANDER … 464; class: section
title: ◦; class: section
title: Bibliography … 486; class: section
title: — Abbreviations … 486; class: section
title: — Classical and Medieval Register … 494; class: section
title: — Sources … 503; class: section
title: Index … 579