LEADER 03120nam 22006135 450 001 9910863193903321 005 20251202142430.0 010 $a9783030537975 010 $a3030537978 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(Perlego)3481077 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011508881 100 $a20201014d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Varangians $eIn God?s Holy Fire /$fby Sverrir Jakobsson 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (XVIII, 212 p. 10 illus.) 225 1 $aNew Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture,$x2730-9371 311 08$a9783030537968 311 08$a303053796X 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,$x2730-9371 606 $aEurope$xHistory$x476-1492 606 $aCivilization$xHistory 606 $aSocial history 606 $aHistory of Medieval Europe 606 $aCultural History 606 $aSocial History 615 0$aEurope$xHistory$x476-1492. 615 0$aCivilization$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial history. 615 14$aHistory of Medieval Europe. 615 24$aCultural History. 615 24$aSocial History. 676 $a948.01 700 $aSverrir Jakobsson$f1970-$0892688 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910863193903321 996 $aThe Varangians$92065767 997 $aUNINA