User:Sechinsic/migration01.intro

The Migration Period is a historiographic term, and so used to

label historic descriptions of events taking place roughly between AD 300

to 700 in Europe.

It is a time of societal

transition, and this has been reflected in historiography also as the

periodizations known as Late Antiquity, respectively the Early Middle Ages.

The societal changes, that notably included the physical movement of groups

of people, were catalyzed by the profound tension between the Roman Empire

and the tribal enclaves surrounding that empire, paraphrased as the 'barbarian

frontier'. This change brought the downfall of the Roman Empire, although

the administrative and physical infrastructure to some extent survived .

The Migration Period, as commonly used,{{citation needed}} imply a

period of human migration. Precise dates may vary; often cited is 410,

the sack of Rome by Alaric I and 751, the accession of Pippin the Short and the establishment of the Carolingian dynasty. Also implied, is a list of migrating peoples during this period:

the Huns, Goths, Vandals, Bulgars, Alans, Suebi,

Frisians, and Franks, among other Germanic and

Slavic tribes.

In current research, tracing migration and ethnic groups tend to dissolve

these concepts, more or less.

Exponents for this kind of research are sometimes referred to as

belonging to the Vienna School . This Wikipedia article mention their

research, and similar reflections from other scholars, in the section

Modern discourse.

How one can establish evidence of the many

particular migrations, is a matter of methodology, and has gained much

attention.

Good examples of this modern approach is the description of the Goths and

the Huns .

On Huns, cf. {{harvtxt|Wirth|1999}}, noting that these are nomadic

peoples. On Goths, cf. {{harvtxt|Bierbrauer|1994}}. He conclude

the migration to take place in the centuries preceding the year 400.

Migrations of peoples, although not part of the Migration Period,

continued beyond AD 1000:Turkic and

Mongol invasions, as well as

Normannic or Viking landtaking and seasonal raids, the administrative and

missionary settlements of Francia into the lands east of the Elb,

and also the Crusader states, European settlement in present day Libanon .

Alternative names for 'Migration Period' are the Barbarian Invasions or {{langx|de|Völkerwanderung}} (wandering of the peoples).

{{Reflist}}

• {{Citation|last = Wirth|first = Gerhard|year = 1999|title = Attila . Das Hunnenreich und Europa|place = Berlin, Köln|publisher = Kohlhammer|isbn = 3-17-014232-1}}
• {{Citation|last = Bierbrauer|first = Volker|year = 1994|title = Archäologie und Geschichte der Goten vom 1.-7. Jahrhundert . Versuch einer Bilanz |series = Frühmittelalterliche Studien ; Jahrbuch des Instituts für Frühmittelalterforscung der Universität Münster|volume = 28|place = Berlin, New Zork|publisher = de Gruyter}}