Germania

The Germania, written by the Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus around 98 AD and originally entitled On the Origin and Situation of the Germans (Latin: De Origine et situ Germanorum), was a historical and ethnographic work on the Germanic tribes outside the Roman Empire.

The Germania, written by the Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus around 98 AD and originally entitled On the Origin and Situation of the Germans (Latin: De Origine et situ Germanorum), was a historical and ethnographic work on the Germanic tribes outside the Roman Empire.

Trostlos, schaurig, scheußlich und ziemlich windig: So bezeichnete Tacitus vor bald 2000 Jahren Germanien. Seine Bewohner seien Kälte und Hunger gewöhnt, sie hätten blaue Augen, seien groß gewachsen, und ihr Haar schimmere rötlich. Darüber hinaus beschreibt Tacitus in seiner Schrift »Germania« die Kultur und Religion der Nordbewohner, ihre Stammesstruktur, wie sie wohnen und sich ernähren oder ihre Kinder erziehen. Für heutige Historiker eine unschätzbare Quelle. Die zweisprachige Ausgabe enthält eine Neuübersetzung mit reichen Erläuterungen, Verzeichnis der Eigennamen und Nachwort, das sowohl die Inhalte der Schrift selbst beleuchtet als auch die Rezeption bis in die Neuzeit. Sprachen: Deutsch, Latein

Trostlos, schaurig, scheußlich und ziemlich windig: So bezeichnete Tacitus vor bald 2000 Jahren Germanien. Seine Bewohner seien Kälte und Hunger gewöhnt, sie hätten blaue Augen, seien groß gewachsen, und ihr Haar schimmere rötlich. Darüber hinaus beschreibt Tacitus in seiner Schrift »Germania« die Kultur und Religion der Nordbewohner, ihre Stammesstruktur, wie sie wohnen und sich ernähren oder ihre Kinder erziehen. Für heutige Historiker eine unschätzbare Quelle. Die zweisprachige Ausgabe enthält eine Neuübersetzung mit reichen Erläuterungen, Verzeichnis der Eigennamen und Nachwort, das sowohl die Inhalte der Schrift selbst beleuchtet als auch die Rezeption bis in die Neuzeit. Sprachen: Deutsch, Latein

The Sunday Times Bestseller and insipration behind David Mitchell's Unruly. 'Entertaining and informative . . . Delightful' – Independent There are many reasons to be fascinated by Germany: forests, architecture and fairy tales, not to mention its history and inhabitants’ penchant for very peculiar food. Our distant and often maligned cousin, this is a place in which innumerable strange characters have held power, in which a chaotic jigsaw of borders have moved about seemingly at random, and which at the dark heart of the 20th century fell into the hands of truly terrible forces. And now Simon Winder is here to tell us everything else there is to know about this mesmerizing, tortured and endlessly fascinating country. Germania is also a personal guide to the Germany that Simon Winder loves. In this startlingly vibrant account, Winder describes Germany’s past afresh, starting with the shaggy world of the ancient forests, all the way up to the present day – and in doing so, he sees and begins to understand a country much like our own: Protestant, aggressive and committed to betterment. Joining Danubia and Lotharingia in Winder’s endlessly fascinating retelling of European history, Germania is a brilliant, vivid and enthusiastic insight to the hidden wonders of Germany.

The Sunday Times Bestseller and insipration behind David Mitchell's Unruly. 'Entertaining and informative . . . Delightful' – Independent There are many reasons to be fascinated by Germany: forests, architecture and fairy tales, not to mention its history and inhabitants’ penchant for very peculiar food. Our distant and often maligned cousin, this is a place in which innumerable strange characters have held power, in which a chaotic jigsaw of borders have moved about seemingly at random, and which at the dark heart of the 20th century fell into the hands of truly terrible forces. And now Simon Winder is here to tell us everything else there is to know about this mesmerizing, tortured and endlessly fascinating country. Germania is also a personal guide to the Germany that Simon Winder loves. In this startlingly vibrant account, Winder describes Germany’s past afresh, starting with the shaggy world of the ancient forests, all the way up to the present day – and in doing so, he sees and begins to understand a country much like our own: Protestant, aggressive and committed to betterment. Joining Danubia and Lotharingia in Winder’s endlessly fascinating retelling of European history, Germania is a brilliant, vivid and enthusiastic insight to the hidden wonders of Germany.