The Technique of Barbarian Settlement in the Fifth Century: A Reply to Walter Goffart
Guy Halsall
Walter Goffart's article prompts me to reply on several general points. First, I gladly concede the importance of his recent works meaning "land," which further nuances 1980 thesis and accept that my own 2007 discussion suffered from a failure think in these terms. That said, completely misrepresents subject hospitalitas. Attention is drawn distortions inconsistencies reasoning, both at level meanings land. Overall, it argued preferable way thinking about fifth-century settlement "barbarians" maintain flexible interpretations, attentive context receptive multiple documents will sustain, rather than trying force evidence into single, one-size-fits-all explanations claiming latter be only interpretation possible.
Journal of Late Antiquity