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Die Germanen Ein Handbuch Band I und II
#1
Hello,

Is anyone here familiar with the following book(s):

Die Germanen Ein Handbuch Band I und II
Akademie-Verlag Berlin
ISBN 3-05-000123-2
January 1976
ASIN Boo2HPJ4SA

I saw it listed a few times in bibliographies and am wondering what the content might be like to see if I might be missing something which might not be found in other "Germanic" sources like Malcolm Todd, Tacitus, E.A Thompson, etc. Even just an idea of the table of content.

I have tried several searches for it online, found one of the volumes for sale at amazon.de. have had no results w/ searches for on-line copies, and no results at all the local libraries (public and university).

If you want to PM me that's OK.

Thank you in advance,
Robert
Rob

"Cracked skull and cleft jaw,
Splintered spear, broken sword,
Dead prefect, dead tribune!
Death to the Romans!

Bright beams our blaze tonight;
Great the Cherusci clan;
Drink we a health to thee,
Hermann, our hero!" W. Beare
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#2
I have the book and find it useful.

It is much more voluminous than the works of the authors you cited. The archaeological sections are an extensive compendium of much of the information that was available at that date but if you are mainly interested in warfare, "The Spoils of Victory" probably has better and more extensive coverage (and glossy pictures!). The historic Sections are very dated in (a) following a very conventional literary source oriented view with little coverage on issues of ethnogenesis etc. and (b) have a very socialist/communist sting (much class fighting with slaveholder societies). The Akademie-Verlag was the Eastern German state scientific publisher after all.

Still, the volume of information is very useful, if you can find it at a reasonable price. If you are looking specifically for Eastern German archaeological finds, there is a probably better book also from the 70s/80s I believe with the title "Archäologie in der DDR" or similar.
Regards,


Jens Horstkotte
Munich, Germany
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#3
Jens,

Thank you so much for the information. Actually the archaeological info would be of interest (even if it is dated w/ a "Soviet" slant) so I may try a bit harder to locate a copy.

Though warfare is of interest the everday-life material culture, social structures, habitations, etc, etc. are of great interest. Actually I do have a copy of "The Spoils of War". I'll also have to look out for "Archäologie in der DDR".

Thank you again,

Robert
Rob

"Cracked skull and cleft jaw,
Splintered spear, broken sword,
Dead prefect, dead tribune!
Death to the Romans!

Bright beams our blaze tonight;
Great the Cherusci clan;
Drink we a health to thee,
Hermann, our hero!" W. Beare
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