Herwig Wolfram History Of The Goths Pdf 14 Bervan
One-third of the book covers the Ostrogoths under Theodoric the Great (493–526 CE). Wolfram masterfully explains how Theodoric, raised as a hostage in Constantinople, tried to fuse Roman and Gothic institutions — an experiment that collapsed after his death.
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Page 14 falls early in Chapter 1: “The Gothic Name and Its Bearers” (pp. 12–24).
There, Wolfram discusses the earliest named Gothic leaders — Berig (the legendary first Gothic king who led his people from Scandza — Scandinavia — to the Vistula) and Filimer (the king who later led them to the Black Sea). Herwig Wolfram History Of The Goths Pdf 14 bervan
On page 14, Wolfram critically examines Jordanes’ Getica (c. 551 AD), the main source for Gothic origins. A likely passage (paraphrased):
“Berig, according to Jordanes, led the Goths in three ships from Scandza to a land called Gothiscandza. The name Berig itself may contain the Gothic bairga (‘mountain’) or beran (‘to bear’). Scholars have debated whether Berig is a historical figure or an eponymous ancestor invented to explain the Gothic name.” One-third of the book covers the Ostrogoths under
Thus, any search containing “14 bervan” probably confused Berig (spelled Běrig in some editions) with a corrupted “Bervan.”