Cover
Half-title
Title page
Copyright information
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
List of Plates
Acknowledgements
Funding
Introduction: Rationale and Structure of the Book
I Moving beyond Dichotomies
One The Great Divide
Problematising the 'Germanic'
Germani in Antique Historiography
Heilsbild
Sacral kingship
Retinue
Romans and Barbarians
Pagans Are the New Barbarians
Two The Enduring Power of Images
Gold Bracteates and 'Context Iconography'
Transforming the Roman Imperial Image: The Niederdollendorf Stone

The Reverse: Imag(in)ing Christ?
Warrior Saints? Hornhausen, Hüfingen, Ennabeuren
The Hüfingen Phalerae
The Hornhausen Stones
The Ennabeuren Reliquary
Acclaiming the Dead: Vendel Helmets and the Trossingen Lyre
Armed Figures
The Trossingen Lyre
Synopsis: The Power of Images in the Post-Roman West
II New Perspectives
Three Art, Archaeology, and Agency
Art and Agency
Relational Approaches
Historical Agency: From Relations to Things as History
Four The Bewilderment Principle: Ornament and Surface
Lost in Classification? Approaching Animal Art

National Historiographies and Animal Art
Blurring the Boundaries: Early Medieval Art and varietas
Variety and Early Medieval Material Culture
Conclusion: varietas delectat
References
Editions and Translations
Secondary Sources
Index