Huns

The Huns were an early group of Central Asian equestrian nomads or semi-nomadic people. ^[1] They moved into Europe around 370, and in the 5th century, built an empire there under Attila the Hun. After Attila's death in 453, the empire fell apart.

Huns Media

Domain and influence of Xiongnu under Modu Chanyu around 205 BC, the believed place of Huns' origin.
A reconstruction of Attila by George S. Stuart, Museum of Ventura County.
- Beschreibung: Karte der Eroberungszüge der de:Hunnen in Europa * Quelle: Public-Domain-Satellitenbild der NASA * Fotograf oder Zeichner: de:Benutzer:Stw * Andere Versionen: SVG auf Anfragede:da:Billede:Hunnenwanderung.png
The depicted battle is the legendary Battle of Zeiselmauer when the Huns conquered Pannonia from the Romans (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
A nineteenth century depiction of Attila. Certosa di Pavia – Medallion at the base of the facade. The Latin inscription tells that this is Attila, the scourge of God.
Raphael's The Meeting between Leo the Great and Attila depicts Pope Leo I, escorted by Saint Peter and Saint Paul, meeting with the Hun emperor outside Rome
Huns by Rochegrosse 1910 (detail)
1910 Rochegrosse depiction of Roman villa in Gaul sacked by the hordes of Attila the Hun
Hunnic cauldron

References

↑ Walter Pohl has remarked "early medieval peoples were far less homogeneous than often thought. They themselves shared the fundamental belief to be of common origin; and modern historians, for a long time, found no reason to think otherwise." (Walter Pohl, "Conceptions of Ethnicity in Early Medieval Studies" Debating the Middle Ages: Issues and Readings, ed. Lester K. Little and Barbara H. Rosenwein, (Blackwell), 1998, p 16). In reviewing Joachim Werner's Beiträge zur Archäologie des Attila-Reiches (Munich 1956), in Speculum 33.1 (January 1958), p 159, Otto J. Maenchen-Helfen noted with relief that "the author is not concerned with the slightly infantile question, 'who' the Huns were; he does not ask where the Huns 'ultimately' came from."

Otto J. Mänchen-Helfen: The Legend of the Origin of the Huns (published in Byzantion, vol. XVII, 1944-45, pp. 244–251)
E. A. Thompson: A History of Attila and the Huns (London, Oxford University Press, 1948)
J. Webster: The Huns and Existentialist Thought (Loudonville, Siena College Press, 2006)
Coinage and History of the White Huns- Waleed Ziad- Articles from the 'Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society', 2004-2006 Archived 2007-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
The History Files Europe: The Origins of the Huns, based on conversations with Kemal Cemal, Turkey, 2002

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[1] Walter Pohl has remarked "early medieval peoples were far less homogeneous than often thought. They themselves shared the fundamental belief to be of common origin; and modern historians, for a long time, found no reason to think otherwise." (Walter Pohl, "Conceptions of Ethnicity in Early Medieval Studies" Debating the Middle Ages: Issues and Readings, ed. Lester K. Little and Barbara H. Rosenwein, (Blackwell), 1998, p 16). In reviewing Joachim Werner's Beiträge zur Archäologie des Attila-Reiches (Munich 1956), in Speculum 33.1 (January 1958), p 159, Otto J. Maenchen-Helfen noted with relief that "the author is not concerned with the slightly infantile question, 'who' the Huns were; he does not ask where the Huns 'ultimately' came from."

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Huns

Huns Media

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