Frisians Of The Early Middle Ages

Multi-disciplinary approaches shed fresh light on the Frisian people and their changing cultures.

An investigation into the mysterious Frisians, drawing together evidence from linguistic, textual and archaeological sources.

The first volume chronologically in a new multi-volume History of Germany, Timothy Reuter's book is the first full-scale survey to appear in English for nearly fifty years of this formative period of German history -- the period in which Germany itself, and many of its internal divisions and characteristics, were created and defined. Filling an important gap, the book is itself a formidable scholarly achievement.

An investigation into the mysterious Frisians, drawing together evidence from linguistic, textual and archaeological sources.

This is the first text book to offer a comprehensive approach to Old Frisian and includes a history of the Frisians during the Middle Ages, their society and literary culture. Covered are the phonology, morphology, word formation and syntax of Old Frisian, with a chapter on Old Frisian dialects and one on problems regarding the periodization of Frisian and the close relationship between (Old) Frisian and (Old) English. Included is a reader with a representative selection of twenty-one texts with explanatory notes and a full glossary. A bibliography and a select index complete the book.

This book offers a comprehensive yet compact history of this surprisingly little-known but fascinating country, from pre-history to the present.