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Romano-Germanic cultural contact begins as early as the first Roman accounts of the Germanic peoples. Roman influence is perceptible beyond the boundaries of the empire, in the Northern European [[w:Roman Iron Age|Roman Iron Age]] of the first centuries AD. The nature of this cultural contact changes with the decline of the Roman Empire and the beginning [[w:Migration period|Migration period]] in the wake of the [[w:crisis of the third century|crisis of the third century]]: the “barbarian” peoples of Germania Magna formerly known as mercenaries and traders now came as invaders and eventually as a new ruling elite, even in Italy itself, beginning with [[w:Odoacer|Odoacer]]’s rise to the rank of ''[[w:King of Italy|Dux Italiae]]'' in 476 AD. | Romano-Germanic cultural contact begins as early as the first Roman accounts of the Germanic peoples. Roman influence is perceptible beyond the boundaries of the empire, in the Northern European [[w:Roman Iron Age|Roman Iron Age]] of the first centuries AD. The nature of this cultural contact changes with the decline of the Roman Empire and the beginning [[w:Migration period|Migration period]] in the wake of the [[w:crisis of the third century|crisis of the third century]]: the “barbarian” peoples of Germania Magna formerly known as mercenaries and traders now came as invaders and eventually as a new ruling elite, even in Italy itself, beginning with [[w:Odoacer|Odoacer]]’s rise to the rank of ''[[w:King of Italy|Dux Italiae]]'' in 476 AD. | ||
The cultural syncretism was most pronounced in [[w:Francia|Francia]]. In [[w:West Francia]], the nucleus of what was to become [[w:France|France]], the [[w:Frankish language|Frankish language]] was eventually extinct, but not without leaving significant traces in the emerging [[w:Romance language|Romance language]]. In [[w:East Francia|East Francia]] on the other hand, the nucleus of what was to become the [[w:kingdom of Germany|kingdom of Germany]] and ultimately [[w:German-speaking Europe|German-speaking Europe]], the syncretism was less pronounced since only its southernmost portion had ever been part of the Roman Empire, as Germania Superior: all territories on the right hand side of the [[w:Rhine|Rhine]] remain Germanic-speaking. Those parts of the Germanic sphere extends along the left of the Rhine, including the [[w:Swiss plateau|Swiss plateau]], the [[w:Alsace|Alsace]], the [[w:Rhineland|Rhineland]] and [[w:Flanders|Flanders]], are the parts where Romano-Germanic cultural contact remains most evident. | The cultural syncretism was most pronounced in [[w:Francia|Francia]]. In [[w:West Francia|West Francia]], the nucleus of what was to become [[w:France|France]], the [[w:Frankish language|Frankish language]] was eventually extinct, but not without leaving significant traces in the emerging [[w:Romance language|Romance language]]. In [[w:East Francia|East Francia]] on the other hand, the nucleus of what was to become the [[w:kingdom of Germany|kingdom of Germany]] and ultimately [[w:German-speaking Europe|German-speaking Europe]], the syncretism was less pronounced since only its southernmost portion had ever been part of the Roman Empire, as Germania Superior: all territories on the right hand side of the [[w:Rhine|Rhine]] remain Germanic-speaking. Those parts of the Germanic sphere extends along the left of the Rhine, including the [[w:Swiss plateau|Swiss plateau]], the [[w:Alsace|Alsace]], the [[w:Rhineland|Rhineland]] and [[w:Flanders|Flanders]], are the parts where Romano-Germanic cultural contact remains most evident. | ||
[[w:Early Germanic law|Early Germanic law]] reflects the coexistence of Roman and Germanic cultures during the [[w:Migration period|Migration period]] in applying separate laws to [[w:Roman people|Roman]] and Germanic individuals, notably the ''[[w:Lex Romana Visigothorum|Lex Romana Visigothorum]]'' (506), the ''[[w:Lex Romana Curiensis|Lex Romana Curiensis]]'' and the ''Lex Romana Burgundionum''. The separate cultures amalgamated after [[w:Christianization|Christianisation]], and by the [[w:Carolingian Empire|Carolingian]] period the distinction of Roman vs. Germanic subjects had been replaced by the [[w:feudalism|feudal]] system of the [[w:Estates of the realm|Three Estates of the Realm]]. | [[w:Early Germanic law|Early Germanic law]] reflects the coexistence of Roman and Germanic cultures during the [[w:Migration period|Migration period]] in applying separate laws to [[w:Roman people|Roman]] and Germanic individuals, notably the ''[[w:Lex Romana Visigothorum|Lex Romana Visigothorum]]'' (506), the ''[[w:Lex Romana Curiensis|Lex Romana Curiensis]]'' and the ''Lex Romana Burgundionum''. The separate cultures amalgamated after [[w:Christianization|Christianisation]], and by the [[w:Carolingian Empire|Carolingian]] period the distinction of Roman vs. Germanic subjects had been replaced by the [[w:feudalism|feudal]] system of the [[w:Estates of the realm|Three Estates of the Realm]]. | ||