Cultural Migration During The Early Middle Ages
Cultural Migration during the Middle and High Ages
The Early Middle Ages was the passé of European history enduring from the 5th to the 10th century. After the deterioration of the Roman Empire, the phase that followed would be a composition of a fallen government and an un-organized way of community life. Communities and nations found themselves migrating, searching for a better way of life. Migration was not always due to common factors of a fallen empire such as decline in bartering, nation populace, and economic collapse; migration was also a byproduct of war. Warrior Lords fought for territory and political authority. Various tribes, some considered “barbarian tribes” consumed several parts of Europe.1. Among these tribes were the Huns,
Vandals, Franks, Merovingian’s, Goths, and other non-Roman people. With the pursuance for power, comes a cultural mesh between various tribes as war, greed, and reconstruction cloaked Europe.
Understanding what we know now, it is more distinguishable to track where certain tribes have attacked and looted, based on the art and knowledge they obtained from the condemned locations. The reason it is more distinguishable is because the majority of art was based on religious views and aspects during their time period. It is reasonable to say that each tribe had its own specific pattern of art, founded off a religious view. To understand what tribe migrated where, we would first have to understand what aspects each society idled. The Vikings, “who had a horrible reputation for pillaging and raping” 3 was one of the original Germanic tribes that remained in the north after the fall of Rome. The Vikings owned the concept of interlacing animal’s designs in art, such as on the side of ships, architecture, and day to day accessories. Another form of art found within the Viking community were called “runes”; a written letter alphabet. The Vikings believed that the god Odin presented them the runes as a gift. So runes were treated with great admiration and religious worship. The factor behind the religious worship is that the Vikings were convinced that the runes were “magical”
The Early Middle Ages was the passé of European history enduring from the 5th to the 10th century. After the deterioration of the Roman Empire, the phase that followed would be a composition of a fallen government and an un-organized way of community life. Communities and nations found themselves migrating, searching for a better way of life. Migration was not always due to common factors of a fallen empire such as decline in bartering, nation populace, and economic collapse; migration was also a byproduct of war. Warrior Lords fought for territory and political authority. Various tribes, some considered “barbarian tribes” consumed several parts of Europe.1. Among these tribes were the Huns,
Vandals, Franks, Merovingian’s, Goths, and other non-Roman people. With the pursuance for power, comes a cultural mesh between various tribes as war, greed, and reconstruction cloaked Europe.
Understanding what we know now, it is more distinguishable to track where certain tribes have attacked and looted, based on the art and knowledge they obtained from the condemned locations. The reason it is more distinguishable is because the majority of art was based on religious views and aspects during their time period. It is reasonable to say that each tribe had its own specific pattern of art, founded off a religious view. To understand what tribe migrated where, we would first have to understand what aspects each society idled. The Vikings, “who had a horrible reputation for pillaging and raping” 3 was one of the original Germanic tribes that remained in the north after the fall of Rome. The Vikings owned the concept of interlacing animal’s designs in art, such as on the side of ships, architecture, and day to day accessories. Another form of art found within the Viking community were called “runes”; a written letter alphabet. The Vikings believed that the god Odin presented them the runes as a gift. So runes were treated with great admiration and religious worship. The factor behind the religious worship is that the Vikings were convinced that the runes were “magical”