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フリージアン：その故地と移住に関する諸問題 : 中世初期アングロ・サクソン諸王国の民俗的背景(5)

The Frisians: Some problems of their migration from the homeland- the national background of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms in the early middle ages (5)

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13493043

https://doi.org/10.15002/00007317

法政大学キャリアデザイン学部

5

279

299

2008-03

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It has generally been believed that the Angles, Saxons and Jutes were the first three Germanic tribes to migrate from the continent to Britain in the early middle ages. Venerable Beda, in the 8th century, stated clearly in his work that the first English people came from the three principal tribes in Germania. He described the tribal names mentioned above individually, and it has come down to us like a historical fact ever since. On the other hand, Prokopios, an eminent historian in the Eastern Roman Empire, had written before Beda that the Frisians were one of the three primal peoples to inhabit early Britain. In fact the Frisians are an old Germanic tribe mentioned in the works of Tacitus and Ptolemaios. They still remain the inhabitants in the northern Netherlands and Germany. This paper deals with the problems involved in the difference of description between Beda and Prokopios investigating the various views of modern scholars. It also attempts to pursue the probability that the Frisians might have migrated in early Britain. The reason why Beda’s description has generally been accepted and diffused is finally considered and most likely seems related to the identity of the Frisians.

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