Die Arbeit widmet sich verschiedenen Aspekten des Kulturaustauschs am Ubergang von der Volkerwanderungszeit zum fruhen Mittelalter.
Um sich dem Phanomen des Kulturaustauschs zwischen den drei Fundgebieten Suddeutschland, England und Skandinavien zu nahern, werden zunachst die Kulturbegriffe verschiedener Disziplinen wie der fruhgeschichtlichen Archaologie und der Ethnologie untersucht sowie die soziologische Raumtheorie vorgestellt, die davon ausgeht, dass der Mensch als soziales Wesen sich seine Raume, in denen er agiert, immer wieder neu konstruiert. In diesem Zusammenhang werden...

In the past the ethnic duality of the Visigoths and the Hispano-Romans has been seen as one of the main characteristics in the formation of the Spanish Visigothic kingdom. This study shows that, instead of an ethnic division of the population, a Gothic identity, which was above all politically defined, was already applied to the entire population in the 6th century, and that overall it had less effect than is generally assumed. An analysis of the extant literary sources takes into account the historical conditions and new methodical approaches to interpretation.

There are key aspects of the Viking settlement of the Isle of Man that remain unexplained: When did first contact take place? When was a permanent settlement established? Was the island conquered violently or did a peaceful settlement take place? This study uses a careful analysis of the source materials from archeological and written records to reconstruct a totally new image of the Scandinavian presence in the Irish Sea.