The Goths and the Origins of Gothic Literature
October 31st, 2011 | Gothic Fiction | journalpulp | 2 CommentsThe Goths, as recounted by a Gothic historian named Jordanes (mid 6th Century AD), were a Teutonic-Germanic people whose original homeland was, according to this same Jordanes, in southern Sweden. At that time, this half-barbaric band was ruled by a king called Berig. It was King Berig who led his people south to the shores […]
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