1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990002843630403321

Autore

Dominiak, Geraldine F.

Titolo

Managerial accounting / Geraldine F. Dominiak, Joseph G.Louderback III.

Pubbl/distr/stampa

6th ed Boston : PWS Kent, 1991

Edizione

[-]

Locazione

ECA

Collocazione

29-10-58-RA

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910863193903321

Autore

Sverrir Jakobsson <1970->

Titolo

The Varangians : In God’s Holy Fire / / by Sverrir Jakobsson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030537975

3030537978

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVIII, 212 p. 10 illus.)

Collana

New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture, , 2730-9371

Disciplina

948.01

Soggetti

Europe - History - 476-1492

Civilization - History

Social history

History of Medieval Europe

Cultural History

Social History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.