The barbarian north in medieval imagination: ethnicity, legend, and literature

Exploring the "out-of-Scandinavia" legend from antiquity through the medieval period, [CIP Rix] argues for the legend as a topos of ethnogenesis for the "barbarian" Germanic tribes. Through sound, comprehensive research and analysis, Rix successfully unfolds plausible geographica...

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Published inChoice Vol. 52; no. 10; p. 1650
Main Author Church, A P
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Middletown American Library Association dba CHOICE 01.06.2015
Subjects
Ethnicity
Medieval literature
Native culture
Nonfiction
Rix, Robert W
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Summary:Exploring the "out-of-Scandinavia" legend from antiquity through the medieval period, [CIP Rix] argues for the legend as a topos of ethnogenesis for the "barbarian" Germanic tribes. Through sound, comprehensive research and analysis, Rix successfully unfolds plausible geographical, cultural, and political aspects of a topos that originates as an expression of alterity as much as a historical reality.
ISSN:0009-4978
1943-5975