LEADER 02641oam 2200469 450 001 9910427041103321 005 20210416105505.0 010 $a3-030-53797-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-53797-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000011508881 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6380904 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-53797-5 035 $a(PPN)25923477X 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011508881 100 $a20210416d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Varangians $ein God's holy fire /$fSverrir Jakobsson 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2020] 210 4$d©2020 215 $a1 online resource (XVIII, 212 p. 10 illus.) 225 1 $aNew approaches to Byzantine history and culture 311 $a3-030-53796-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aThis book is the history of the Eastern Vikings, the Rus and the Varangians, from their earliest mentions in the narrative sources to the late medieval period, when the Eastern Vikings had become stock figures in Old Norse Romances. A comparison is made between sources emanating from different cultures, such as the Roman Empire, the Abbasid Caliphate and its successor states, the early kingdoms of the Rus and the high medieval Scandinavian kingdoms. A key element in the history of the Rus and the Varangians is the fashioning of identities and how different cultures define themselves in comparison and contrast with the other. This book offers a fresh and engaging view of these medieval sources, and a thorough reassessment of established historiographical grand narratives on Scandinavian peoples in the East. Sverrir Jakobsson is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Iceland. 410 0$aNew approaches to Byzantine history and culture. 606 $aVarangians$xHistory$vSources 615 0$aVarangians$xHistory 676 $a948.01 700 $aSverrir Jakobsson$f1970-$0892688 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910427041103321 996 $aThe Varangians$92065767 997 $aUNINA