[gothic-l] Germanic Migrations

[Bertil Häggman]

Dirk,

Can just regret that you give the historians
no role in writing on pre-history. I just think
it is a unusual standpoint. In all well stocked
libraries - private and public - are many multi-
volume world histories. In my own private library
there are several. These multivolume world
histories always start with a volume on pre-
history.

Just curious? Should the volumes on pre-history
be excluded? Should historians limit themselves
for instance to writing about Scandinavian history
from 200AD?

Personally I am an author and member of the
Swedish Authors' Association. What would your
background be?

Germanically

Bertil



> First, I am not a linguist, which invalidates most of your statement
> below. Second, historians by definition - and no self-respecting
> historian would object - cannot contribute a lot to what are
> essentially pre-historic times in our geographic area of interest.
> What kind of material (original resources) can a historian study if
> there are no historical resources? Linguists and archaeologists do
> not need written sources for their research so they must uncover the
> material and the interpretations. I am sure you will not object to
> this, as we are otherwise enter a level that is too low to merit
> dicussion on this list.



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