The Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA) is an important German-language

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 encyclopedia

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 treating the history of the Germanic peoples

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 from antiquity to the middle ages. It is edited by the Akademie der Wissenschaften, Göttingen

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First edited 1911–1919 by Johannes Hoops, a second edition has been appearing since 1973, currently edited by Heinrich Beck, Dieter Geuenich and Heiko Steuer.

Editions

• Johannes Hoops: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde. K. J. Trübner, Strassburg 1911–1919 (4 vols.).
• Herbert Jankuhn
  Herbert Jankuhn
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  , Heinrich Beck et al.: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde. 2. edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin-New York, 1968/73-2007 (35 vols.), ISBN 311016227X (etc.).

External links

• http://www.hoops.uni-goettingen.de/
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