Author : Knud Hannestad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Travel
ISBN : UOM:39015010470758
Varangian Problems
Knud Hannestad
Varangian Problems
Varangian Problems Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Varangian Problems book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
A History of the Vikings
Gwyn Jones
Author : Gwyn Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Civilization, Viking
ISBN : 0192801341
A History of the Vikings by Gwyn Jones Pdf
A look at the ancient Scandinavian peoples.
From Goths to Varangians
Line Bjerg,John H. Lind,Soren Michael Sindbaek
Author : Line Bjerg,John H. Lind,Soren Michael Sindbaek
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,7 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.
The Varangians
Sverrir Jakobsson
Author : Sverrir Jakobsson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030537975
The Varangians by Sverrir Jakobsson Pdf
This 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.
The A to Z of the Vikings
Katherine Holman
Author : Katherine Holman
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810868137
The A to Z of the Vikings by Katherine Holman Pdf
The A to Z of the Vikings traces Viking activity in Europe, North America, and Asia for over three centuries. During this period people from Scandinavia used their longships to launch lightning raids upon their European neighbors, to colonize new lands in the east and west, and to exchange Scandinavian furs for eastern wine and spices and Arab silver. The Viking age also saw significant changes at home in Scandinavia--kings extended their power, Norse paganism lost ground to Christianity, and new towns and ports thrived as a result of increased contact with the wider world. This book provides a comprehensive work of reference for people interested in the Vikings, including entries on the main historical figures involved in this dramatic period, important battles and treaties, significant archaeological finds, and key works and sources of information on the period. It also summarizes the impact the Vikings had on the areas where they traveled and settled. There is a chronological table, detailed and annotated bibliographies for different themes and geographical locations, and an introduction discussing the major events and developments of the Viking age.
Historical Dictionary of the Vikings
Katherine Holman
Author : Katherine Holman
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810865891
Historical Dictionary of the Vikings by Katherine Holman Pdf
The Historical Dictionary of the Vikings traces Viking activity in Europe, North America, and Asia for over three centuries. During this period people from Scandinavia used their longships to launch lightning raids upon their European neighbors, to colonize new lands in the east and west, and to exchange Scandinavian furs for eastern wine and spices and Arab silver. The Viking age also saw significant changes at home in Scandinavia - kings extended their power, Norse paganism lost ground to christianity, and new towns and ports thrived as a result of increased contact with the wider world. This book provides a comprehensive work of reference for people interested in the Vikings, including entries on the main historical figures involved in this dramatic period, important battles and treaties, significant archaeological finds, and key works and sources of information on the period. It also summarizes the impact the Vikings had on the areas where they traveled and settled. There is a chronological table, detailed and annotated bibliographies for different themes and geographical locations, and an introduction discussing the major events and developments of the Viking age.
The Viking World
Stefan Brink,Neil Price
Author : Stefan Brink,Neil Price
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134318261
The Viking World by Stefan Brink,Neil Price Pdf
Filling a gap in the literature for an academically oriented volume on the Viking period, this unique book is a one-stop authoritative introduction to all the latest research in the field, and the most comprehensive book of its kind ever attempted.
Knut - Varangian
Skye Smith
Author : Skye Smith
Publisher : Skye Smith
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781927699225
Knut - Varangian by Skye Smith Pdf
Cover Flap English children learn that Knut the Great was a pre-Norman king born of Royal Danish blood and was so conceited as to think that he could command the ocean tides. The rest of Europe learn that he was the Emperor of the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Irish Sea and the Channel. Directly or indirectly he ruled most of the peoples living around those seas and thus the trade between them flourished. Knut inherited the empire that his father, King Sweyn Forkbeard of the Danes had glued together. Glued with the technology and wealth gained from the Byzantine trade via the river routes to the Black Sea, and with Varangian warriors trained in the Byzantine. About the Author Skye Smith is my pen name. My interest in Knut stems from the endless research I did while writing “The Hoodsman” series of historical novels about the Norman invasion of England. That invasion by William the Conqueror was not a quick subjugation of a Brit-Saxon England, but a long and bitter genocide of Brit-Danish England and the destruction of Knut’s great legacy. The first novel “Knut - Jomsviking” sets the characters and scene for the entire series, so if you haven’t yet read it, now would be a good time. This is the second novel in the series where Knut’s story continues with the adventures of his father, King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark as he entwines the politics of Baltic and Black Seas with the politics of England. The chapter headings identify the dates and places. The Appendix gives historical insight and a list of characters. Enjoy. Other Novels By The Same Author: The Hoodsman – 12 historical adventures set in the Norman conquest. Maya’s Aura – 8 new age adventures while tripping around the world. The Pistoleer – 9 historical adventures set in the English Civil War. Knut – many historical adventures set in the Viking Era. Knut #1 – Jomsviking (980 – 984) Knut #2 – Varangian (986 – 992) Knut #3 – Strandhogg (993 – 994) Knut #4 – Forkbeard’s Peace (995 – 999) Knut #5 – Brice’s Massacre (1000 – 1002 coming soon)
Crusading at the Edges of Europe
Kurt Villads Jensen
Author : Kurt Villads Jensen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317156697
Crusading at the Edges of Europe by Kurt Villads Jensen Pdf
This book is the first to compare Denmark and Portugal systematically in the High Middle Ages and demonstrates how the two countries became strong kingdoms and important powers internationally by their participation in the crusading movement. Communication in the Middle Ages was better developed than often assumed and institutions, ideas, and military technology was exchanged rapidly, meaning it was possible to coordinate great military expeditions across the geographical periphery of Western Europe. Both Denmark and Portugal were closely connected to the sea and developed strong fleets, at the entrance to the Baltic and in the Mediterranean Seas respectively. They also both had religious borders, to the pagan Wends and to the Muslims, that were pushed forward in almost continuous crusades throughout the centuries. Crusading at the Edges of Europe follows the major campaigns of the kings and crusaders in Denmark and Portugal and compares war-technology and crusading ideology, highlighting how the countries learned from each other and became organised for war.
History and Literature of Byzantium in the 9th–10th Centuries
Athanasios Markopoulos
Author : Athanasios Markopoulos
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000939347
History and Literature of Byzantium in the 9th–10th Centuries by Athanasios Markopoulos Pdf
The studies reprinted here deal with the Byzantine empire between the 9th and 11th centuries, with a focus on the period of the Macedonian dynasty, and include four translated into English for this volume. They reflect both historical and prosopographical concerns, but Professor Markopoulos's principle interest is in the analysis of literary works and texts. This he combines with the examination of the ideological context of the period, as shaped in the reigns of Basil I and Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos, and the investigation of gender issues and other approaches. The close analysis of the texts shows how, after the close of Iconoclasm, new styles of writing and new attitudes towards the writing of history emerged, for instance in the use of mythological themes, which exemplify the changing intellectual concerns of the time.
Muslims on the Volga in the Viking Age
Jonathan Shepard,Luke Treadwell
Author : Jonathan Shepard,Luke Treadwell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755618187
Muslims on the Volga in the Viking Age by Jonathan Shepard,Luke Treadwell Pdf
The year 922 saw a series of remarkable face-to-face encounters in the steppes between Bukhara and the Middle Volga. Ibn Fadlan was an intrepid member of a diplomatic and religious mission from the distant caliphate in Baghdad to the ruler of the Volga Bulgars. His account gives a vivid eyewitness description of the peoples he came upon (whose appearance, rituals and filthy habits both fascinate and appal) and a famous depiction of a Viking Rus ship burial. It is unique testimony to burgeoning exchanges between several different cultures, and to the emergence of new political structures on the steppes. Yet the account survives only as part of a later composite work, raising questions of meaning and historical interpretation. This pioneering interdisciplinary study of Ibn Fadlan's text and the world he surveyed draws on a variety of specialists to give readers both 'the bigger picture' of cultural and economic change in Eurasia, Byzantium and the Muslim world, and hard facts, in the form of archaeological and numismatic data.
The Romanians and the Turkic Nomads North of the Danube Delta from the Tenth to the Mid-Thirteenth Century
Victor Spinei
Author : Victor Spinei
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047428800
The Romanians and the Turkic Nomads North of the Danube Delta from the Tenth to the Mid-Thirteenth Century by Victor Spinei Pdf
The present volume deals with the course and effects of migrations in the east and south- east of Europe during the period between the tenth and the thirteenth century. The author’s special focus is on Romanian communities and on nomadic tribes that came from the steppes and penetrated into the area north of the Danube Delta.
The Early Slavs
Paul M. Barford
Author : Paul M. Barford
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0801439779
The Early Slavs by Paul M. Barford Pdf
The final chapter sets the early medieval developments into the perspective of the history and culture of modern Europe. A series of specially compiled maps chart the main cultural changes taking place over six centuries in this relatively unknown part of Europe."--BOOK JACKET.
A Companion to Byzantium and the West, 900-1204
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004499249
A Companion to Byzantium and the West, 900-1204 by Anonim Pdf
This book explores the complex history of contact and exchange between Byzantium and the Latin West over a formative period of more than three hundred years, with a focus on the political, ecclesiastical and cultural spheres.
The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1300
Florin Curta
Author : Florin Curta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 886 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000476248
The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1300 by Florin Curta Pdf
The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1300 is the first of its kind to provide a point of reference for the history of the whole of Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages. While historians have recognized the importance of integrating the eastern part of the European continent into surveys of the Middle Ages, few have actually paid attention to the region, its specific features, problems of chronology and historiography. This vast region represents more than two-thirds of the European continent, but its history in general—and its medieval history in particular—is poorly known. This book covers the history of the whole region, from the Balkans to the Carpathian Basin, and the Bohemian Forest to the Finnish Bay. It provides an overview of the current state of research and a route map for navigating an abundant historiography available in more than ten different languages. Chapters cover topics as diverse as religion, architecture, art, state formation, migration, law, trade and the experiences of women and children. This book is an essential reference for scholars and students of medieval history, as well as those interested in the history of Central and Eastern Europe.
