Author : Line Bjerg,John H. Lind,Soren Michael Sindbaek
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9788771244250
From Goths to Varangians by Line Bjerg,John H. Lind,Soren Michael Sindbaek Pdf
With a multidisciplinary approach by archaeologists, historians and related sciences by leading scholars from England, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, USA and the Scandinavian and Baltic countries, this anthology examines the cross cultural ties between the Baltic and the Black Sea Area from Late Antiquity through the Viking Age to the Middle Ages. With articles ranging from the lively exchange between Southern Scandinavia and the Goths in the Pontic Area in Late Antiquity, to the famous Varangian Guard consisting of Scandinavians at the Royal Court in Byzantine in the Late Viking Age, the book provides an overview of important sources and new research into the significance of long range relations and cross cultural interaction between Scandinavia, the Slavic lands and the Black Sea Region.