The dawn of the Dark Ages
Subtitle: the Gepids and the Lombards in the Carpathian Basin
By: István Bóna ; [translated by László Boros ; rev. by Paul Aston and Elizabeth Edmondson ; photos. by Kálmán Kónya ; text figures by János Balatoni].
Contributors: Aston, Paul.; Edmondson, Elizabeth.
Series: Hereditas
Publisher: Corvina Press
Published: 1976
Place of publication: [Budapest]
Language: eng
Format: Softcover
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9789631344936
Subjects: Lombards.; Gepidae (Germanic people); Europe, Central -- History.; Carpathian Mountains Region -- Antiquities.; Hungary -- History -- To 896.
Description: 120 p. [48]p. of plates : ill., maps.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 108-109.
Rev. translation of A középkor hajnala.
Table of contents: title: Contents … 5; title: Spring AD 552 … 7; title: From the History of the Gepids and Lombards up to AD 552 … 14; title: — The Gepids … 14; title: — The Lombards … 19; title: “Gepidia” and “Lombardia” … 28; title: — “Gepidia” … 28; title: — “Lombardia” … 31; title: Lombard Man – Gepid Man … 35; title: Dress and Ornament … 39; title: On the Barbarian Economy … 44; title: Art … 52; title: — Eagle-headed Buckles … 56; title: — The Masked Fibulae of Hegykő … 58; title: — The Earliest Remains of the Germanic Animal Style in the Danube Region … 59; title: Society, Law and Justice … 66; title: — Gepid Society … 66; title: — Lombard Society … 73; title: Orthodox, Arians, Pagans … 83; title: — Gepids … 83; title: — Lombards … 87; title: The End … 93; title: ◦; title: Epilogue: Why Did the Lombards Leave Pannonia in 568 ? … 98; title: Chronology (AD 500-570) … 106; title: Bibliography … 108; title: Abbreviations … 110; title: List of Figures … 111; title: List of Plates … 114; title: Plates (1-81) … 121