There was no Germanic world before the Carolingian age. - Walter Goffart

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There was no Germanic world before the Carolingian age.

Walter Goffart

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Walter Andre Goffart (born February 22, 1934) is a Belgian-born American historian of the later Roman Empire and the early Middle Ages who specializes in research on the barbarian kingdoms of those periods.

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Alternative Names: Walter Andre Goffart • Walter A. Goffart

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