Ethnicity, Ethnogenesis, and the Vandals: Some Remarks on a Theory of Emergence of the Barbarian gens
Robert Kasperski
There are two objectives behind this article. First, it seeks to trace down the pedigree of a theory described in scholarly discourse as ‘ethnogenesis model’. As is often believed, originally was, essentially, an innovative concept proposed by Reinhard Wenskus, German researcher. My article puts forth idea whereby was Walter Schlesinger who had laid foundations for theory, whose further developed Wenskus. other purpose verify basics itself, based on relevant empirical material; specifically, I mainly deal with original sources reporting ethnic composition and history Vandal people.
Acta Poloniae Historica