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The Varangians : in God's holy fire
- Title
- The Varangians : in God's holy fire / Sverrir Jakobsson.
- Author
- Sverrir Jakobsson, 1970-
- Publication
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 21-348 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 212 pages : illustrations (black and white); 22 cm.
- Summary
- 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 people in the East.
- Series Statement
- New approaches to Byzantine history and culture
- Uniform Title
- New approaches to Byzantine history and culture.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFD 21-348
- ISBN
- 303053796X
- 9783030537968
- 9783030537975 (PDF ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 1159045261
- Author
- Sverrir Jakobsson, 1970- author.
- Title
- The Varangians : in God's holy fire / Sverrir Jakobsson.
- Publisher
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New approaches to Byzantine history and cultureNew approaches to Byzantine history and culture.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9783030537975
- Research Call Number
- JFD 21-348