West Germanic peoples

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• West Germanic tribes — Germanic tribes (750BC 1AD)The West Germanic tribes were Germanic peoples who spoke the branch of Germanic languages known as West Germanic languages.They appear to be derived from the Jastorf culture, a Pre Roman Iron Age offshoot of the Nordic… …   Wikipedia

• Germanic peoples — The Germanic peoples are a historical group of Indo European speaking peoples, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Germanic languages which diversified out of Common Germanic in the course of the Pre Roman Iron Age.… …   Wikipedia

• Germanic peoples — Introduction also called  Teutonic Peoples        any of the Indo European speakers of Germanic languages.       The origins of the Germanic peoples are obscure. During the late Bronze Age, they are believed to have inhabited southern Sweden, the …   Universalium

• West Germanic languages — Introduction   group of Germanic languages that developed in the region of the North Sea, Rhine Weser, and Elbe. Out of the many local West Germanic dialects the following six modern standard languages have arisen: English (English language),… …   Universalium

• West Germanic languages — Infobox Language family name=West Germanic region=Originally between the Rhine, Alps, Elbe, and North Sea; today worldwide familycolor=Indo European fam1=Indo European fam2=Germanic child1=Anglo Frisian child2=Low Franconian languages child3=Low… …   Wikipedia

• Germanic law — Law of the various Germanic peoples from ancient times to the Middle Ages. It was essentially unwritten tribal custom, which evolved from popular practice and moved with the tribe. With the spread of Christianity, ecclesiastical law, derived from …   Universalium

• Germanic paganism — refers to the religious beliefs of the Germanic peoples preceding Christianization. The best documented version of the Germanic pagan religions is 10th and 11th century Norse paganism, though other information can be found from Anglo Saxon… …   Wikipedia

• Germanic Europe — Green: Countries and regions where a Germanic language is the national language Blue: Countries and regions where a Germanic language is an official language Germanic Europe is the part of Europe in which Germanic languages are predominant.… …   Wikipedia

• Germanic — or Proto Germanic [jər man′ik] adj. [L Germanicus, of the Germans: orig. applied to a particular tribe, prob. Celtic] 1. Now Rare German 2. designating or of a group of N European peoples including the Germans, Scandinavians, Dutch, English, etc …   English World dictionary

• Germanic religion and mythology — Introduction       complex of stories, lore, and beliefs about the gods and the nature of the cosmos developed by the Germanic speaking peoples before their conversion to Christianity.       Germanic culture extended, at various times, from the… …   Universalium

• Germanic Christianity — The Germanic peoples underwent gradual Christianization in the course of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. By the 8th century, most of England and the Frankish Empire was de jure Christian, and by AD 1100, Germanic paganism had also… …   Wikipedia