Eastern Europe in Icelandic Sagas /

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Based 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 oec...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dzhakson, T. N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Series:Beyond medieval Europe.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sagas > History and criticism.
Scandinavia > Civilization > Foreign influences.
Europe, Eastern > In literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Austrhálfa on the mental map of medieval Scandinavians
  • Austrvegr and other aust- place- names
  • Austmarr, "the Eastern Sea," the Baltic Sea
  • Traversing Eastern Europe
  • East European rivers
  • Garar/ Gararíki as a designation of Old Rus'
  • Hólmgarr (Novgorod) and Kaenugarr (Kiev)
  • Aldeigja/ Aldeigjuborg (Old Ladoga)
  • "Hǫfu garar" in Hauksbók, and some other old Russian towns
  • Bjarmaland
  • Óláfr Tryggvason
  • Óláfr Haraldsson
  • Magnús Óláfsson
  • Haraldr Sigurarson.

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