LEADER 02188oam 22005292 450 001 9910793666503321 005 20231208163021.0 010 $a1-64189-027-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781641890274 035 $a(CKB)4100000008402218 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5784218 035 $a(DE-B1597)532738 035 $a(OCoLC)1104073191 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781641890274 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781641890274 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008402218 100 $a20201011d2019|||| uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEastern Europe in Icelandic sagas /$fTatjana N. Jackson 210 1$aLeeds :$cArc Humanities Press,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 216 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aBeyond medieval Europe 311 0 $a1-64189-026-6 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction: Sources, Aims, Conventions --$tPart 1. Eastern Europe in the Old Norse Weltbild --$tPart 2. Four Norwegian Kings in Old Rus' --$tConclusion --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aBased on the material of the Old Norse Icelandic sources written down in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries, this book demonstrates how medieval Scandinavians imagined Eastern Europe. It reconstructs the system of medieval Scandinavian perception of space in general, and the eastern part of the 'oecumene' in particular. It also examines the unique information of these sources, of which the Russian chronicles were unaware. 410 0$aBeyond medieval Europe. 606 $aSagas$xHistory and criticism 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xIn literature 607 $aScandinavia$xCivilization$xForeign influences 610 $aOld Norse. 610 $aScandinavia. 610 $aThe Rus?. 610 $aVikings. 610 $asagas. 615 0$aSagas$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a839.63093247 700 $aJackson$b Tatjana N.$01470005 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793666503321 996 $aEastern Europe in Icelandic sagas$93681643 997 $aUNINA