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The Varangians: In God’s Holy Fire: New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture

Autor Sverrir Jakobsson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 oct 2021
This book is the history of the Eastern Vikings, the Rus and the Varangians, from their earliest mentions in the narrative sources to the late medieval period, when the Eastern Vikings had become stock figures in Old Norse Romances. A comparison is made between sources emanating from different cultures, such as the Roman Empire, the Abbasid Caliphate and its successor states, the early kingdoms of the Rus and the high medieval Scandinavian kingdoms. A key element in the history of the Rus and the Varangians is the fashioning of identities and how different cultures define themselves in comparison and contrast with the other. This book offers a fresh and engaging view of these medieval sources, and a thorough reassessment of established historiographical grand narratives on Scandinavian peoples in the East.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030537999
ISBN-10: 3030537994
Pagini: 212
Ilustrații: XVIII, 212 p. 10 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Incursion.- 2. Attack.- 3. Accommodation.- 4. Engagement.- 5. Adaptation.- 6. Adventurer.- Intermission: History becomes Legend.- 7. Armed Pilgrims.- 8. Mercenaries.- 9. Varangians in Cultural Memory.- 10. Missionaries.- 11. The Emperor in the Holy City.- 12. The End of the Line.- Conclusion: The Cultural Significance of the Varangians.

Notă biografică

Sverrir Jakobsson is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Iceland.

Textul de pe ultima copertă

This book is the history of the Eastern Vikings, the Rus and the Varangians, from their earliest mentions in the narrative sources to the late medieval period, when the Eastern Vikings had become stock figures in Old Norse Romances. A comparison is made between sources emanating from different cultures, such as the Roman Empire, the Abbasid Caliphate and its successor states, the early kingdoms of the Rus and the high medieval Scandinavian kingdoms. A key element in the history of the Rus and the Varangians is the fashioning of identities and how different cultures define themselves in comparison and contrast with the other. This book offers a fresh and engaging view of these medieval sources, and a thorough reassessment of established historiographical grand narratives on Scandinavian peoples in the East.

Sverrir Jakobsson is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Iceland.

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Explores the history of the Eastern Vikings, the Rus and the Varangians Compares sources from different cultures, such as the Roman Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate Reassesses established historiographical grand narratives on Scandinavian people in the East