TRANSFORMATION ODER BRUCH?

The article presents a speech given by historian Michael Schmauder at a Roman and Frankish history conference held on September 20-21, 2010 at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn, Germany, discussing the transition from antiquity to medieval civilization in the Rhine River region, the religious, ethnic, and intellectual aspects of Roman and Frankish intercultural relations, and the significance of weapons and Roman fibula pins as burial goods in Frankish-controlled areas.