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Authors: Peter Heather
Norway
274
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281
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372
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453
–4,
464
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498
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528
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537
Notitia Dignitatum
340
Novotroitskoe
426
Ntaryamira, President Cyprien
1
Nydam boat
505
Odovacar
224
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225
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240
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243
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251
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254
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258
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261
Odry (Poland), cemetery at
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56
Offa, King of Mercia
454
Olaf the White
458
Olympiodorus of Thebes
174
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175
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216
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220
Ostrogoths
57
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70
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123
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220
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224
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339
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343
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347
–8,
358
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375
conquering of by Byzantines (536)
241
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243
–4
destruction of by Justinian
361
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364
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378
Otto III, Emperor
515
–16,
519
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555
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556
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559
Palestinian refugees
29
Pannonia
126
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127
,
207
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208
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225
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231
–2,
253
,
340
Parthian War
99
peasantry
614
peer polity interaction
573
,
575
Perigastes
424
Petrovskoe
493
philology
46
Piasts
515
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520
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521
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522
–3,
528
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533
–4,
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573
conversion to Christianity
567
military power of
522
and slave trade
567
Picts
287
–8
place-name evidence
Anglo-Saxonization and
269
–70
Frankish immigration
325
ploughing/ploughs
74
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293
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430
,
546
Poland
104
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371
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390
–1,
392
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412
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520
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528
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563
agricultural economy
546
at start of first millennium
516
extent of lands
520
law books
527
military capability
522
–3
and Piast dynasty
see
Piasts population density
550
and trade
549
trade in lands
528
Polesia
441
political migration
1
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29
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30
–1,
33
,
597
–8
Portchester
285
Postumus, Emperor
108
Potgieter, Hendrik
144
Cernjachov
118
Premyslids
428
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516
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521
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529
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531
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550
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573
Procopius
243
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247
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261
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282
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392
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394
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400
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423
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430
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433
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586
Quadi
83
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83
–4,
94
–6,
97
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98
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99
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102
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127
Radagaisus
151
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173
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176
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186
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199
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338
Radulf, revolt of (639)
366
Raetia
196
Ragnar Lothbrok
458
Recitach
249
–50
Regino of Prüm
368
Reihengräber
cemeteries
318
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319
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324
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326
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327
Remigius of Rheims, Bishop
312
Rethra, cult of
571
Retief, Piet
144
Riade, battle of (933)
369
Rodulf of the Rani
261
archaeological material
273
–4
breaking down of systems thesis
271
–2
British rebellion (409)
294
–5
decline in investment in public monuments by towns
270
–1
disappearance of villas
294
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295
–6
rural prosperity and flourishing of villas
271
Romans/Roman Empire
333
Alamanni raids and assaults against
81
–2,
108
collapse of eastern empire and reasons
378
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379
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380
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381
–2
collapse of frontier
151
–3
damage caused by invasions
175
fortifications
522
Germani raids against
59
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81
–2,
89
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92
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96
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97
Gothic attacks on in third century
109
–10,
111
,
127
,
338
immigration policies
136
migration in
598
–603
new political bonds between immigrant leaders and
335
recruitment of Germanic manpower into army
61
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74
–5,
84
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90
,
91
relations with periphery
561
resettlement of barbarians
168
resistance to barbarian migration over the border
336
–7
ruling of Germani and diplomatic methods used to keep under control
81
–9
third-century fighting against barbarians
107
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109
–11
trade with Germani
61
–2,
72
–81,
91
,
138
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139
,
564
withdrawal of troops from frontiers due to civil wars
179
Roman Empire collapse (western)
339
–59,
407
,
506
conflict between immigrants and
353
–4
connection with immigrant violence
338
–40
and deals between local aristocrats and immigrants
341
–2
impact of immigrants on imperial tax revenues
311
,
339
–40,
342
impact of on patterns of development
384
impact of on society and culture
349
–50
and migration
332
,
333
–55,
349
,
383
migration and development in period of
355
–9
and relocation of landed resources
350
–2
Rome
Romny-Borshevo system
416
–17
Rufinus of Aquileia
39
Rugi
115
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116
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222
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240
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255
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258
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259
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344
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589
demise of kingdom of
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225
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240
maintaining of independence
242
role of information in migration
261
Rurikids
434
–7,
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549
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551
–2,
566
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573
Rus
466
–81
arrival in Russia
468
–9
attack on Constantinople (475)
475
–6,
480
developing of contacts with Islamic world
474
–5
evolvement of political organization
475
–7
and island king
478
–9
in Kiev
479
–81
military capabilities
523
–4
origins
466
–8
and slave trade
470
,
479
,
565
–6,
567
state of
520
trade and trading routes
470
–2,
473
–4,
477
–8,
493
Rusanova, Irina
395
Russia
10
agriculture
546
anti-Christianity
571
fortifications
521
hunting in
530
itineration in
529
–30
law books
527
and military retinues
541
relocating of capital to Kiev by Rurikids
551
–2
rise of Rurikids
534
–7
and trade
549
Russian Primary Chronicle
56
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414
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417
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468
–9,
479
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480
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518
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534
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536
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551
–2
Russian Vikings
465
–81
see also
Rus
Ruzycankan group
125
St Germain monastery
456
St Wenceslas Day massacre (995)
531
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570
Salona
432
Sarmatians
7
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83
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85
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97
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98
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113
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114
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115
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151
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168
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221
–2
Sawyer, Peter
481
–2
‘Saxon Shore’
285
–6
Saxons
37
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42
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366
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367
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374
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560
see also
Anglo-Saxons
Scandinavia
281
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372
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509
–11,
517
see also
Vikings