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  2. Gothic Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Gothic place of settlement and their raids into the Roman Empire in the 3rd century. During the 3rd century, East Germanic people, moving in a southeasterly direction, migrated into the Dacians' territories previously under Sarmatian and Roman control, and the confluence of East Germanic, Sarmatian, Dacian and Roman cultures resulted in the emergence of a new Gothic identity.

  3. Origin of the Goths - Wikipedia

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    The Gothic language, known from their bible translation and fragmentary evidence, is the only clearly attested member of what modern linguists designate as the East Germanic language family, because it was already distinct from the two Germanic families that have survived today, West Germanic and North Germanic, which were originally ...

  4. Goths - Wikipedia

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    The Gothic War culminated in the Battle of Adrianople in 378, in which the Romans were badly defeated and Valens was killed. [175] [176] Following the decisive Gothic victory at Adrianople, Julius, the magister militum of the Eastern Roman Empire, organized a wholesale massacre of Goths in Asia Minor, Syria and other parts of the Roman East ...

  5. Role of Christianity in civilization - Wikipedia

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    Christianity has been intricately intertwined with the history and formation of Western society.Throughout its long history, the Church has been a major source of social services like schooling and medical care; an inspiration for art, culture and philosophy; and an influential player in politics and religion.

  6. Gothic cathedrals and churches - Wikipedia

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    The Gothic style first appeared in France in the mid-12th century in an Abbey, St Denis Basilica, built by Abbot Suger (1081–1151). The old Basilica was the traditional burial place of Saint Denis, and of the Kings of France, and was also a very popular pilgrimage destination, so much so that pilgrims were sometimes crushed by the crowds.

  7. Origin stories of the Goths - Wikipedia

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    There were several origin stories of the Gothic peoples recorded by Latin and Greek authors in late antiquity (roughly 3rd–8th centuries AD), and these are relevant not only to the study of literature, but also to attempts to reconstruct the early history of the Goths, and other peoples mentioned in these stories.

  8. Ulfilas - Wikipedia

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    The Life and Work of Ulfila, 124; 6. The Gothic Bible 145; 7. Selections from the Gothic Bible 163–185. Bennett, William Holmes (1980). An Introduction to the Gothic Language. New York City: The Modern Language Association of America. ISBN 978-0-87352-295-3. Rubin, Zeev (1981). "The Conversion of the Visigoths to Christianity". Museum ...

  9. Gothic persecution of Christians - Wikipedia

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    This may reflect the Christian practice of assuming a new "Christian name" at baptism, and in any case documents the close connection of the Gothic church with those of Asia Minor (where the invading Goths in the mid 3rd century first came into contact with Christianity). [3] The "26 Gothic martyrs" are commemorated in Orthodox Christianity on ...