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  2. Early Germanic culture - Wikipedia

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    Following World War II there was a backlash against nationalism, and as a response, government support for the study of ancient Germanic history and culture was significantly reduced both in Germany and Scandinavia. [t] In these years, what remained of Germanic studies was characterized by a reaction against nationalism. Archaeological attempts ...

  3. Germanic peoples - Wikipedia

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    Germanic mythology and religious practice is of particular interest to Indo-Europeanists, scholars who seek to identify aspects of ancient Germanic culture—both in terms of linguistic correspondence and by way of motifs—stemming from Proto-Indo-European culture, including Proto-Indo-European mythology. The primordial being Ymir, attested ...

  4. Germanic culture - Wikipedia

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    Germanic culture is a term referring to the culture of Germanic peoples, and can be used to refer to a range of time periods and nationalities, but is most commonly used in either a historical or contemporary context to denote groups that derive from the Proto-Germanic language, which is generally thought to have emerged as a distinct language after 500 BC.

  5. List of early Germanic peoples - Wikipedia

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    This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. You can help. The talk page may contain suggestions. (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The list of early Germanic peoples is a register of ancient Germanic cultures, tribal groups, and other alliances of Germanic tribes and civilisations in ancient times. This information comes from various ...

  6. Christianisation of the Germanic peoples - Wikipedia

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    Most of the East Germanic peoples, such as the Goths, Gepids, and Vandals, along with the Langobards and the Suevi in Spain converted to Arian Christianity, [6] a form of Christianity that rejected the divinity of Christ. [7] The first Germanic people to convert to Arianism were the Visigoths, at the latest in 376 when they entered the Roman ...

  7. Category:Germanic culture - Wikipedia

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    This is a category of things pertaining to the Germanic languages, Germanic peoples, and all other things dealing with Germanic culture. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.

  8. Comitatus (warband) - Wikipedia

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    In history writing, a comitatus, which is Latin for a group of companions (comites), is an armed escort or retinue, especially in the context of Germanic warrior culture, where warbands were tied to a leader by an oath of fealty. [1] The concept describes the relations between a lord and his retainers.

  9. Germanic - Wikipedia

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    Germanic may refer to: Germanic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group identified by their use of the Germanic languages List of ancient Germanic peoples and tribes; Germanic languages; Proto-Germanic language, a reconstructed proto-language of all the Germanic languages; Germanic name; Germanic mythology, myths associated with Germanic paganism