Walter Goffart

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_College
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:awardReceived Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America
gptkbp:birthDate 1934
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Toronto
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:field history
late antiquity
medieval studies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Walter Goffart
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
English
gptkbp:mainInterest late antiquity
historical cartography
barbarian migrations
transformation of the Roman world
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkb:Canadian
gptkbp:notableWork Rome's Fall and After
Historical Atlases: The First Three Hundred Years, 1570–1870
Barbarians and Romans, A.D. 418–584: The Techniques of Accommodation
The Narrators of Barbarian History (A.D. 550–800): Jordanes, Gregory of Tours, Bede, and Paul the Deacon
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:historian
medieval literature
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Monumenta_Germaniae_Historica
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8