Introduction / Hans-Werner Goetz
Empire, the gentes and the regna / Evangelos Chrysos
Leges Barbarorum: law and ethnicity in the post-Roman West / Patrick Wormald
Gens into regnum: the Vandals / J. H. W. G. Liebeschuetz
Gens and regnum among the Ostrogoths / Peter Heather
enigmatic fifth century in Hispania: some historical problems / Javier Arce
Pro patriae gentisqve Gothorvm statv / Isabel Velazquez
transformation of Hispania after 711 / Ann Christys
Gentes, kings and kingdoms - the emergence of states. The kingdom of the Gibichungs / Ian N. Wood
relationship between Frankish gens and regnum: a proposal based on the archaeological evidence / Michael Schmauder
Gens, kings and kingdoms: the Franks / Hans-Werner Goetz
Britons: from Romans to barbarians / Alex Woolf
Anglo-Saxon gentes and regna / Barbara Yorke
Gens, rex and regnum of the Lombards / Jorg Jarnut
Bavarians / Matthias Hardt
Avars and Avar archaeology. An introduction / Falko Daim
Non-Roman Empire in Central Europe: the Avars / Walter Pohl.