Medievalists.net » Vandals http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Settlement and Taxes: the Vandals in North Africa http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/settlement-and-taxes-the-vandals-in-north-africa/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/settlement-and-taxes-the-vandals-in-north-africa/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:32:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40495 With the Vandals, the migration of Northern barbarians flowed into a region that had of course been weakened by innumerable internal crises but was still essentially wealthy, productive and well governed.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/settlement-and-taxes-the-vandals-in-north-africa/feed/ 0 The Death Toll of Justinian’s Plague and Its Effects on the Byzantine Empire http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/04/the-death-toll-of-justinians-plague-and-its-effects-on-the-byzantine-empire/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/04/the-death-toll-of-justinians-plague-and-its-effects-on-the-byzantine-empire/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:19:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40285 In 541 a plague arrived in Egypt and rapidly began to spread. The following account of the beginning of the plague, while clearly an exaggeration still shows the impact of the disease.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/04/the-death-toll-of-justinians-plague-and-its-effects-on-the-byzantine-empire/feed/ 0 Rebaptism as a Ritual of Cultural Integration in Vandal Africa http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/06/rebaptism-as-a-ritual-of-cultural-integration-in-vandal-africa/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/06/rebaptism-as-a-ritual-of-cultural-integration-in-vandal-africa/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:10:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38548 Midway through the first book of his History of the Vandal Persecution, Victor of Vita narrates the story of a Vandal master who deemed it appropriate to allow his two Roman slaves, Martinianus and Maxima, to marry.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/06/rebaptism-as-a-ritual-of-cultural-integration-in-vandal-africa/feed/ 0 Rex Vandalorum – The Debates on Wends and Vandals in Swedish Humanism as an Indicator for Early Modern Patterns of Ethnic Perception http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/07/rex-vandalorum-%e2%80%93-the-debates-on-wends-and-vandals-in-swedish-humanism-as-an-indicator-for-early-modern-patterns-of-ethnic-perception/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/07/rex-vandalorum-%e2%80%93-the-debates-on-wends-and-vandals-in-swedish-humanism-as-an-indicator-for-early-modern-patterns-of-ethnic-perception/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:27:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27767 The German word Wenden is documented as a synonym for Slavs since
the 6th century A.D.. Medieval authors also used Wandali instead of Wenden/Slavs

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/07/rex-vandalorum-%e2%80%93-the-debates-on-wends-and-vandals-in-swedish-humanism-as-an-indicator-for-early-modern-patterns-of-ethnic-perception/feed/ 0 Byzantines, Goths and Lombards in Italy: Jewellery, Dress and Cultural Interactions http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/05/byzantines-goths-and-lombards-in-italy-jewellery-dress-and-cultural-interactions/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/05/byzantines-goths-and-lombards-in-italy-jewellery-dress-and-cultural-interactions/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:52:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27700 The temptation is naturally to seek differences or contrasts from one power to another, to reinforce the conflict and tension identified in contemporary historians.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/05/byzantines-goths-and-lombards-in-italy-jewellery-dress-and-cultural-interactions/feed/ 0 The Emperor Majorian’s Secret Embassy to the Court of the Vandal Gaiseric http://www.medievalists.net/2009/03/31/the-emperor-majorians-secret-embassy-to-the-court-of-the-vandal-gaiseric/ http://www.medievalists.net/2009/03/31/the-emperor-majorians-secret-embassy-to-the-court-of-the-vandal-gaiseric/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:39:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=2762 Was Procopius recounting history or simply preserving a legend? Did he compose it originally or was it take from another source and inserted merely as a diversion from his main narrative?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2009/03/31/the-emperor-majorians-secret-embassy-to-the-court-of-the-vandal-gaiseric/feed/ 0 The Role of Arianism in the Vandal Kingdom http://www.medievalists.net/2009/01/03/the-role-of-arianism-in-the-vandal-kingdom/ http://www.medievalists.net/2009/01/03/the-role-of-arianism-in-the-vandal-kingdom/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:43:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=1765 My study will focus on one point: what was the role of religion in the development of the above mentioned beliefs and in the preservation of the true identity of the Vandals?

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