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.

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Scandinavian Migration Age canonical 1

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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
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
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
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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Grendel's mother timePeriodOfStory Scandinavian Migration Age