germanic peoples
1Germanic peoples — The Germanic peoples are a historical group of Indo European speaking peoples, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Germanic languages which diversified out of Common Germanic in the course of the Pre Roman Iron Age.… …
2Germanic peoples — Introduction also called Teutonic Peoples any of the Indo European speakers of Germanic languages. The origins of the Germanic peoples are obscure. During the late Bronze Age, they are believed to have inhabited southern Sweden, the …
3List of Germanic peoples — This is a list of Germanic peoples. Classical philosophyThe Greeks assigned names to populations they considered distinct based on the city state ( polis ) to which they belonged. Intermingled with this system was an earlier one derived from the… …
4Germanic paganism — refers to the religious beliefs of the Germanic peoples preceding Christianization. The best documented version of the Germanic pagan religions is 10th and 11th century Norse paganism, though other information can be found from Anglo Saxon… …
5Germanic Europe — Green: Countries and regions where a Germanic language is the national language Blue: Countries and regions where a Germanic language is an official language Germanic Europe is the part of Europe in which Germanic languages are predominant.… …
6Germanic — may refer to* The Germanic languages, descended from Proto Germanic. * The Germanic peoples **List of Germanic peoples **Confederations of Germanic tribes * Germanic Europe * S/S Germanic , a White Star Line steamshipee also* Gothic… …
7Germanic studies — is the field of study of the Germanic languages and the history of the Germanic peoples.;Subfields *English studies *German studies *Dutch studies *Scandinavian studies *Runology *comparative linguistics (Common Germanic);Founding figures *Jacob… …
8Germanic Christianity — The Germanic peoples underwent gradual Christianization in the course of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. By the 8th century, most of England and the Frankish Empire was de jure Christian, and by AD 1100, Germanic paganism had also… …
9Germanic law — Law of the various Germanic peoples from ancient times to the Middle Ages. It was essentially unwritten tribal custom, which evolved from popular practice and moved with the tribe. With the spread of Christianity, ecclesiastical law, derived from …
10Germanic religion and mythology — Introduction complex of stories, lore, and beliefs about the gods and the nature of the cosmos developed by the Germanic speaking peoples before their conversion to Christianity. Germanic culture extended, at various times, from the… …
