[gothic-l] Re: Goths as more than barbarians

[allyn5157]

The History Channel did a story on Goths based on Professor Peter
Heather's book about the same subject. The story on TV was more
interesting than the professor's book (a bit too dry and academic).
Both confirm what you are looking for: Goths, though led by a king,
voted for said king so they used democracy of sorts. They also had a
rudimentary concept of Christianity though they were converts when
they joined the Roman empire. They adopted land ownership at an
early stage so they were early capitalists. Many of the architecture
still standing today was developed by the Goths, such as using the
arch instead of flying buttresses.

All of the foregoing is from memory and if not totally correct, I'm
quite certain somebody will kindly submit a correction. Hope this
helps and cheers from Al in Temecula (and a Goth descendant:
Visigothic Prince, Count Alderedo de Leon)

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "gretchie77" <gretchie77 at y...>
wrote:
>
>
> I am searching for reputable resources showing Goths as more than
> just a war loving culture...any suggestions..thanks! I do know
they
> traveled with their families and loved their children, but cannot
> find the literature to back it up.








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