[dedication] STRZELCZYK Jerzy - The Vandals and their African state. Warsaw 1992.

Author: STRZELCZYK Jerzy

Title: Vandals and their African state

• Series: Origins of Civilization (CERAM)
• Place of issue: Warsaw
• Year of publication: 1992
• Publisher: PIW
• Number of pages: 391, [1]
• Illustrations, maps: black and white illustrations 70, color illustrations XXII, maps 15
• Size: 24.5 cm
• Binding: hard cloth with wrapper
• Condition: very good
• ISBN: 830602205X

Description:

Author's dedication on the pre-title page.

European linguistic tradition has associated with the Vandals the concept of vandalism as the tendency to wantonly and aimlessly destroy anything that enriches human culture. The Vandals arrived from Scandinavia in the 1st-4th centuries, entered the scene of great politics at the end of the 4th century, undertaking a westward migration, then moved to Spain for reasons not fully explained, and then in a bravura action from Spain to North Africa. In his excellent monograph, Jerzy Strzelczyk shows that in their march across Europe the Vandals were no more Vandal than other peoples of the era, and their actions always had a definite political, economic or religious meaning. The book conveys contemporary knowledge about the Vandals, whose African state was wiped out by the powerful Eastern Empire in just a century and left almost no traces of them beyond tradition and legend.

It also includes an appendix, bibliographical guide and index.