Visigoths : myths and problems about their ethnogenesis

In the studies of Late Antiquity, there are two different ways through which we recited the old traditions about Goths. One of them is the oral way, born in the IV-V centuries, and the other one was the written way, in the V-VII centuries. This last is the other one, that we propose, as hypothesis,...

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Main Author: María Marcela Mantel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Católica Argentina 2021-03-01
Series:Estudios de Historia de España
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Online Access:https://erevistas.uca.edu.ar/index.php/EHE/article/view/3420
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Summary:In the studies of Late Antiquity, there are two different ways through which we recited the old traditions about Goths. One of them is the oral way, born in the IV-V centuries, and the other one was the written way, in the V-VII centuries. This last is the other one, that we propose, as hypothesis, was the way to recreate the old Visigoth tradition, putting in the Traditionskern (Tradition nucleus) the old Traditionsträger (Tradition bringer): The Balto’s royal family.
ISSN:0328-0284
2469-0961