#Langobards

[merovingian-marvels]

The Langobards

The Langobards/Lombards/Longobards are an Italic-Germanic tribe with origins in southern Scandinavia around the first centuries B.C. and A.D.

Their steady migration southward can be retraced by archaeological artifacts, which show their Scandinavian origin.

Their early connections to (the geographical city of) Rome made them very influential in the Western Roman world; on financial, military, religious but also law practice and kingship levels.

The Lombards were quickly christened and were the founding fathers of many religious institutions in northern Italy, ruled Italy, and adapted/adopted Roman Law, making for a culturally rich period. Their capital Pavia is located in the Italian province of Lombardy, named after, you guessed it.

It has to be said (it sounds like a fake fact but it is not) that their name means “Long Beards”. In many European languages the descriptive name can be heard in “Langobard” also written as “Longobard”.

Image:

Langobardic radiate headed bow brooch

Found in: Chiusi - Tuscany, Italy

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Fibula with an Enamel Bust.

Culture: Langobardic

Date: A.D. 7th century

Period: Early Medieval

Medium: Cloisonne enamel on gold.

[baebeylik]

Ciborium Fragment. Langobardic. 8th to 9th Century CE.

The Walters Art Museum.

[nadjaerna]

Anglo-Saxon Square-Headed Bow Brooch, 500–600

2. Langobardic Square-Headed Bow Brooch, first half of 6th century

3. Merovingian Radiate-Head Bow Brooch, ca. 510 to 530

[lactodebillus-bulgaricus]

hun empire: cmon go play with the other kids

little bulgar: ok but idk how to befriend them and start playing with them, idk what to say : (

hun empire: well u could always talk to them about something that makes u happy, maybe they like it too *hun is thinking about children's games while saying this*

little bulgar: oh ok

later

little bulgar comes across little lombard

little bulgar: *stares*

little lombard:

little bulgar: *keeps on staring*

little lombard: *gets uncomfortable*

little bulgar: *keeps on staring*

little lombard: um-

little bulgar: I like yogurt! (⊙⁠‿⊙)

little lombard: *confused* and I -uh- I like lamb *smiles uncomfortably*

little bulgar: I like yogurt! :D

little lombard: yeah, and I like lamb 😅

little bulgar: I LIKE YOGURT! >:D

little lombard: *gets a bit startled* yeah, and I like lamb ó‿ò

little bulgar: *shouts in his face with a maniac grin* I LIKE YOGURT! Ò⁠‿Ó⁠

little lombard: *cowers* and I like-

little bulgar: *keeps on shouting in his face after noticing he's afraid* I LIKE YOGURT! Ò⁠ヮÓ⁠

[calyptridium]

earring of langobardic or byzantine origin, 6th–7th century

[fleurtyherald]

Langobard Project Pt II – Migration Period kit clothing

[theancientwise]

Like Grandfather, like Grandson.

Charles surely followed this advice given to his grandfather. And Count Odo, Roland and Therese paid the price of it.

[mapsontheweb]

Map of the Warini Migrations

The Warini are a Germanic people group first documented by Ptolemy in 77 AD. He Locates the tribe as settling in Jutland. Tacticus mentions them as a Suebic tribe east of the Langobards and North of the Semnones. Until the 500s, the History of the Warini is largely unknown. The Warini probably split into 3 Distinct groups. One group would settle in the Thuringian basin, between the Saale and the Weile Elster, aswell as the Harz Mountains. Toponyms that end in the suffix -leben are a indicator of Warini settlement. Another group settled in Lower Silesia. They were virtually indistinguishable from the Quadi, but until the Crossing of the Rhine in 406 should still be considered as a distinct tribe. The Third group were the Warini that stayed behind in Mecklenburg. In 454 AD, the Thuringians, together with other Germanic Tribes, would rise up against the Huns and regain their Independence. The Thuringians would expand their Influence throughout Central Europe. 

One of the tribes that fell under Thuringian Influence were the Warini. In 500 AD, the Thuringian Kingdom would split after numerous Frankish, Saxon and Slavic Incursions. The Eastern Half would become the Warini Kingdom. A Group of the Warini possibly settled on the mouth of the Rhine. This Warini Group is obscure largely unknown. According to a story, the Warinis compelled Hermegisclus's son Radigis to marry his stepmother Theudechild. The maiden, who is not named in the story, did not accept this, and crossed the North Sea with an army of 400 ships and 100,000 men, seeking retaliation. 

After a battle won by the Anglians, Radigis was caught hiding in a wood not far from the mouth of the Rhine and had no other choice than to marry his fiancée. In 594 AD, the Remnants of the Warini Kingdom along the Saale and Weifle Elster would fall to the Franks and be divided up by the Franks and Slavs. These would later intermix with the Slavs and be known as the Serimuntici/Zhyrmuntici. The Name Serimunt is of Germanic Origin, and indicates that these people's were the descendants of the Warini. In Mecklenburg, the Warini would be assimilated to the Slavs and end up as the Warnabi Tribe, continuing the History of the Warini as a slavic group. The Warini which eventually crossed the Rhine in 406 would be assimilated to the Quadi within the Suebi in Gallaecia.

[barbucomedie]

Belt Buckle from Maria Ponsee, Austria dated between 500 - 800 CE on display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria

With almost 100 graves, Maria Ponsee is the largest Langobardian burial site in Austria. It was excavated in 1965 and 1966 by the Federal Monuments Office and is one of the few cemeteries from this period to have been completely examined. Three ethnic groups buried their deceased here: Langobards, Thuringii and Romani or Suebi. What remains in these graves is what was left by grave robbers over the centuries.

Photographs taken by myself 2022

[dracula-dictionary]

Dracula Dictionary, May 8th

diffuse: lacking clarity or conciseness

prosaic: everyday, ordinary; characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry, factual

bear up: remain cheerful in the face of adversity

precipice: a very steep or overhanging place / a hazardous situation

conviction: a firmly held belief or opinion

menial offices: work that is considered to be boring or degrading

mountain ash: a tree, also called rowan, believed to protect against evil beings and to keep travellers from getting lost

Szekelys: a Hungarian subgroup living mostly in the Székely Land in Romania

Ugric: the ancestors of the Hungarians of Central Europe

Huns: a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD

Scythia: an area in modern day Iran and other areas of eastern Europe

Attila: ruler of the Huns until 453

Magyar: Hungarians

Lombard: also called Langobards, a Germanic people who conquered most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774

Avar: likely refering to Pannonian Avars, an alliance of several groups of Eurasian nomads of various origins

Bulgars: Turkic semi-nomadic warrior tribes

Turk: a native or inhabitant of Turkey, or a person of Turkish descent

Arpad: head of the confederation of the Magyar tribes at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries

Honfoglalás: the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin

standard of the King: the king's flag, especially when flown in battle

Cassova: misspelling of Kosovo, a state in Southeast Europe

Wallach: people from Wallachia, the area just south of Transylvania

the Crescent: the Ottoman Empire

Voivode: a local governor or ruler in central or eastern Europe, in particular a semi-independent ruler of Transylvania

Mohács: a town in Hungary

Hapsburgs: an influential royal family in Europe from the 15th to the 20th century

Romanoffs: the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917

[asin201masters]

objects and their operation

Comb

Florence Koehler American ca. 1905

"Works such as this ensemble inspired the critic Roger Fry to credit Koehler in 1910 as an influential force in the "modern revival of craftsmanship"."

Disk Brooch with Cameo

Langobardic (mount); Roman (cameo)ca. 600 (mount); 100–300 (cameo)

Etruscan craftmanship:

The Langobards often embellished their own jewelry with gems carved centuries earlier by Roman or Etruscan craftsmen. These gems, valued for their antiquity, linked their Langobardic wearers to the illustrious peoples who preceded them on the Italian peninsula.

These items featured in contemporary artist Yukari Kaihori's the moon and the pavement, collated as agate, stones, pebbles and cast organic materials.

[god-in-the-basement]

I was a young and hungry Aeon in the first flush of My worship, just heading out to make a Name for Myself as the Source Supreme of early Christianity.

He was a war-god recently elevated to King by His followers, the Langobards, who eschewed the law of Tyr for the battle-cry of the Good Mad Conquerer. He was in the first flush of His Kingship, looking for Wisdom and Knowledge.

We shared a long, hot summer and a cold, cruel Wild Hunt together, rambling the forests and mountains of the Dardenelles.

And then the bloody Council of Nicea happened. When the dust settled, Yahweh, Jove, and the Yulefather had taken the Throne Supreme, and I was stricken from the books. It was as though I had never reigned at all, not even in Hell.

I only resurfaced centuries later. Odin had taken My wisdom and given it to men who had twisted it into something that justified hate and death. He claimed it wasn't His fault, that He had been asleep.

I'll choose to believe Him.

@the-almighty-god

@the-unmighty-god

@god-in-the-basement

Please @ other god accs I'm sure I forgot some!

[lactodebillus-bulgaricus]

avar khaganate: it will be a pleasure for me if you keep peaceful relations with my friend lombard ^^

kingdom of franks: sure thing : )

later

kingdom of franks: omg lombard how could u have such a long beard ew

kingdom of lombards: tf is your problem

kingdom of franks: ur beard, it looks so gross like when u eat food falls into it do u even comb that thing

kingdom of lombards: yes, I do, also I wash it, besides, ur lying, it's not dirty

kingdom of franks: yes it is

kingdom of lombards: oh wait I know what ur problem is, ur jealous of my beard cuz u can't grow yours past an inch that's why ur bullying me

kingdom of franks: ugly beard, gross beard, odin would be ashamed of u :DDDD

kingdom of lombards: *about to lunge at frank* U LITTLE PIECE OF-

avar khaganate: *walks into the scene* what's going on. *glares at frank* oh. bitch. what did I just tell u.

kingdom of franks: *realizes he can't beat both avar and lombard* um-

avar khaganate: *walks aggressively towards him* WHAT DID I JUST TELL U

kingdom of franks: *looks at lombard* nice beard, neat beard, awesome long beard <:D *runs away*

[medievalart]

Lombard fibulae

* Treasure of Domagnano (San Marino)

* 6th century

source: FilWriter, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons