Overview
- 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
Part of the book series: New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture (NABHC)
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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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Book Title: The Varangians
Book Subtitle: In God’s Holy Fire
Authors: Sverrir Jakobsson
Series Title: New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53797-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53796-8Published: 15 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53799-9Published: 16 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53797-5Published: 14 October 2020
Series ISSN: 2730-9363
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9371
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 212
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Medieval Europe, Cultural History, Social History