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Eastern Europe in Icelandic sagas : East Is East and West Is West /
Uniquely combining Old Norse sources and Russian evidence, this book demonstrates what a large part Eastern Europe played in the lives and imagination of medieval Scandinavians.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2019
Amsterdam : Arc Humanities Press, 2019 |
| Colección: | Beyond Medieval Europe Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Series page; Title page; Dedication; Copyright information; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction: Sources, Aims, Conventions; Skaldic Poetry; Skaldic Poetry on Eastern Europe; Runic Inscriptions; Runic Inscriptions Connected with Eastern Europe; Sagas; Sagas as a Historical Source; Sagas as a Source for the History of Eastern Europe and Old Rus'; About this Book; Some Conventions; Part 1. Eastern Europe in the Old Norse Weltbild; Chapter 1. Austrhálfa on the Mental Map of Medieval Scandinavians; Chapter 2. Austrvegr and Other aust- Place-names
- Place-names with aust- in Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic PoetryPlace-names with aust- in the Early Kings' Sagas; Place-names with aust- in Later Sources; Chapter 3. Austmarr, "the Eastern Sea," the Baltic Sea; Chapter 4. Traversing Eastern Europe; Chapter 5. East European Rivers; The Northern Dvina; The Western Dvina; The Dnieper; The River Dröfn; The Volga and the Kama; The Neva; The Don; Chapter 6. Garðar/Garðaríki as a Designation of Old Rus'; Chapter 7. Hólmgarðr (Novgorod) and Kænugarðr (Kiev); Novgorod; The Origin of the Name; Hólmgarðr, the Capital of Garðaríki
- Hólmgarðr (Novgorod) as One of the Centres of International TradeKiev; Chapter 8. Aldeigja/Aldeigjuborg (Old Ladoga); Ladoga and Aldeigja; Ship-building Workshop; "Hann braut Aldeigjuborg"; "Aldeigjuborg ok þat jarlsríki, er þar fylgði"; On the Control Functions of Ladoga Volost'; Chapter 9. "Hofuð garðar" in Hauksbók, and Some Other Old Russian Towns; Palteskia/Pallteskja (Polotsk); Móramar, Rostofa, Súrdalar (Murom, Rostov, Suzdal'); Sýrnes, Gaðar (Gnezdovo?), and Smaleskia (Smolensk); Álaborg; Danparstaðir; Chapter 10. Bjarmaland; Part 2. Four Norwegian Kings in Old Rus'
- Chapter 11. Óláfr TryggvasonA Prophetess in Garðaríki Predicts Óláfr's Appearance in Rus'; The Infant Óláfr Captured in Eistland, on the Way to Garðaríki; Óláfr Comes to Garðaríki; Murder in Hólmgarðr; Óláfr in Military Service with Valdamarr; The Role of Óláfr Tryggvason in the Conversion of Rus'; Chapter 12. Óláfr Haraldsson; Óláfr's Relations with Yaroslav The Wise and Ingigerðr; Óláfr's Flight to Garðaríki; Miracles of St. Óláfr in Old Rus'; Óláfr's Departure from Garðaríki; Chapter 13. Magnús Óláfsson; Magnús Comes to Rus'; Noble Norwegians Go to Rus' to Fetch Magnús; Magnús in Garðaríki
- Magnús's Return to Norway from GarðaríkiChapter 14. Haraldr Sigurðarson; Haraldr's Flight to Garðaríki; Military Service with Jarizleifr; Matchmaking and Departure; Byzantine Service; Back to Garðaríki and the Gamanvísur; Marriage to Elizaveta Yaroslavna; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index