Scandinavian Migration Age
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The Scandinavian Migration Age was a period in early medieval Northern Europe marked by extensive movements of Germanic peoples, cultural transformation, and the legendary and heroic narratives later reflected in works like Beowulf.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scandinavian Migration Age canonical | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early medieval period
ⓘ
historical period ⓘ |
| followedBy | Viking Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows |
Late Roman Iron Age
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalCulture |
Merovingian Period in Scandinavia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vendell Period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidence |
elaborate helmets
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gold bracteates ⓘ prestige metalwork ⓘ rich boat burials ⓘ weapon graves ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAspect |
Germanic heroic poetry
ⓘ
elite warrior culture ⓘ oral epic tradition ⓘ pagan Germanic religion ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | circa 800 CE ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Angles
NERFINISHED
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Burgundians NERFINISHED ⓘ Danes NERFINISHED ⓘ Geats NERFINISHED ⓘ Goths NERFINISHED ⓘ Heruli NERFINISHED ⓘ Jutes NERFINISHED ⓘ Lombards NERFINISHED ⓘ Saxons NERFINISHED ⓘ Swedes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Proto-Norse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Old Norse ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Northern Europe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scandinavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainSubject |
Germanic migrations
ⓘ
cultural transformation ⓘ ethnogenesis of Germanic peoples ⓘ formation of early Scandinavian kingdoms ⓘ heroic legend tradition ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
Christian influence at the periphery
ⓘ
centralization of power ⓘ long-distance trade expansion ⓘ military expansion ⓘ social stratification ⓘ |
| hasRelatedWork |
Beowulf
NERFINISHED
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Old Norse fornaldarsögur NERFINISHED ⓘ The Poetic Edda NERFINISHED ⓘ The Saga of the Volsungs NERFINISHED ⓘ Widsith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Germanic paganism
ⓘ
Old Norse religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | circa 400 CE ⓘ |
| influenced |
Beowulf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old English literature ⓘ Old Norse legendary sagas NERFINISHED ⓘ Scandinavian heroic legends ⓘ |
| partOf | Migration Period ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.