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Letters, gifts and messengers. The epistolary strategies of St Radegund

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 309-340, August 2025.
This article studies the ways the sixth‐century queen and monastic founder Radegund (c.520–87) managed the non‐textual elements of communication by letter. While Radegund’s role as a writer and commissioner of letters has been well studied, her efforts as an orchestrator of letter deliveries, gift exchanges and other associated acts of public ...
Robert Flierman, Hope Williard
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The ends of history? Jerome, Geruchia, and the Rhine crossings

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 71-93, February 2025.
This article revisits Jerome’s treatment of the Rhine crossings of 406 in his letter to the widow Geruchia, and the broader issue of breaching the Roman limes. It argues that his description of the events in Gaul and on the border was framed to fit his notion of the history of salvation.
Mateusz Fafinski
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Who in the world are the Heruli?1

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 284-305, August 2024.
The history of the Heruli represents a historical conundrum. Because of the poor state of the sources, caution is required when analysing this subject. However, the peculiarity of the case encourages us to rethink the way we conceive of and describe migrations in Late Antiquity.
Salvatore Liccardo
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A Late Roman pit (SU 19/20) from the Glagoljaška 16 Site in Vinkovci (Eastern Croatia)

open access: yesCommunicationes Archaeologicae Hungariae
The town of Vinkovci is situated in Slavonia, eastern Croatia, upon the site of the former Roman town of Cibalae. In 2009 on the Glagoljaška Street 16 site, archaeological excavations were carried out, which resulted in the discovery of architectural ...
Danijela Roksandić Vukadin
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Privredna stagnacija na bosanskohercegovačkim prostorima u vrijeme seobe barbarskih naroda [PDF]

open access: yesHistorijska Misao, 2017
During the 4th and the beginning of the 5th century, there was an intense weakening of the economy on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This situation was especially influenced by the frequent invasions of barbarian tribes,which were not satisfied
Bego Omerčević
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<>: Teoderico l'Amalo e la civiltà romana

open access: yesAntigüedad y Cristianismo, 1990
The ciuilitas of Thedoric not only can be appreciated in his desire to restore the ancient buildings and in the obvious refinement of the gifts he gave to Clodoveus and Gundobadus but also in his consideration towards the individual conscience of his ...
Biagio Saitta
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Warfare of the Gepid Kingdom

open access: yesHadtudományi Szemle
In the second half of the 5th century, after the battle of Nedao river in 454, the new, independent kingdom of Gepid was established. The Gepids and their allies, led by King Ardarich, won a decisive victory over the army of the Hun ruler Bleda. The new Germanic state lasted for approximately one hundred and fifteen years and fought numerous wars with ...
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The “Sirmium group”: about the so-called Gepids siliquae: With a specific catalogue – 2nd edition

open access: yesActa Numismatica Hungarica, 2019
The so-called “Gepids siliquae” have been treated by many authors, but often as an appendix, or a note to Ostrogothic coinage, or just a reference to some unspecified Gepid coinage. It seemed to us therefore necessary to try to classify this coinage, give it a “name”, give it a period of issue and, as far as possible, identify the issuing authority ...
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Canonical rules and the actual orientation of altars in early Christian churches. Ancient and early medieval places of worship in Romanian lands

open access: yesTyragetia, 2018
The altars of Christian churches at the beginning of the early Middle Ages could be oriented in all cardinal directions: first, the oldest ones, to the west, according to the biblical covenant, then to the north and to the south, and at last, after the ...
Vlad D. Ghimpu
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