''Language and history in the early Germanic world'' is a book by

Dennis Howard Green Dennis Howard Green (26 June 1922 – 5 December 2008) was an English philologist who was Schröder Professor of German at the University of Cambridge. He specialized in Germanic philology, particularly the study of Medieval German literat ...

, the

Schröder Professor of German The Schröder Professorship of German is the senior professorship in the study of the German language at the University of Cambridge, and was founded in 1909 by a donation of £20,000 from Sir John Henry Freiherr von Schröder, Bt. of ''J. H. Schrö ...

at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. It was published in hardback by

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press A university press is an academic publishing hou ...

in 1998. The book uses linguistic evidence for the study of

early Germanic culture Early Germanic culture refers to the culture of the early Germanic peoples. Largely derived from a synthesis of Proto-Indo-European and indigenous Northern European elements, the Germanic culture started to exist in the Jastorf culture that d ...

and history. A paperback edition was published by Cambridge University Press in 2000. An Italian translation was published in 2015.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Language and History in the Early Germanic World 1998 non-fiction books Cambridge University Press books Germanic studies

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