02188oam 22005292 450 991081623570332120231208163021.01-64189-027-410.1515/9781641890274(CKB)4100000008402218(MiAaPQ)EBC5784218(DE-B1597)532738(OCoLC)1104073191(DE-B1597)9781641890274(UkCbUP)CR9781641890274(EXLCZ)99410000000840221820201011d2019|||| uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEastern Europe in Icelandic sagas /Tatjana N. JacksonLeeds :Arc Humanities Press,2019.1 online resource (viii, 216 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Beyond medieval Europe1-64189-026-6 Front matter --Contents --Preface --Introduction: Sources, Aims, Conventions --Part 1. Eastern Europe in the Old Norse Weltbild --Part 2. Four Norwegian Kings in Old Rus' --Conclusion --Bibliography --IndexBased on the material of the Old Norse Icelandic sources written down in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries, this book demonstrates how medieval Scandinavians imagined Eastern Europe. It reconstructs the system of medieval Scandinavian perception of space in general, and the eastern part of the 'oecumene' in particular. It also examines the unique information of these sources, of which the Russian chronicles were unaware.Beyond medieval Europe.SagasHistory and criticismEurope, EasternIn literatureScandinaviaCivilizationForeign influencesOld Norse.Scandinavia.The Rus’.Vikings.sagas.SagasHistory and criticism.839.63093247Jackson Tatjana N.1612070UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910816235703321Eastern Europe in Icelandic sagas3940642UNINA