Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xii, 289, [72] p)
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ill., maps
ISBN:
1280915218
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9781280915215
Serie:
The Northern world v. 12
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Rus and Scandinavia: The case of the Rhos in Ingelheim A.D. 839 -- 1. Background -- 2. Sub anno 839 in Annales Bertiniani -- 2.1 The name of the people -- 2.2 The title of the ruler -- 2.3 The kaganate of the Rus -- 2.4 The Rhos and Sweden -- 3. Early Viking-age Denmark -- 4. Byzantium, Islamic threat and Greek diplomacy -- 5. Why did the Rhos go to Byzantium and later join the Greek embassy? -- 6. The return voyage of the Rhos -- Chapter Two: People, places and things in the first "land of Rus" in the East -- 1. The early period: trade and political organisation -- 1.1 Aldeigja-the focal place of the early Rus -- 2. After 850: more Rus and continued expansion -- 2.1 The attack on Constantinople in 860 -- 2.2 Staraja Ladoga from the mid-ninth to the end of tenth century -- 2.3 Scandinavian culture in Priladozhe -- 3. The Upper Volkhov-Holmgardr -- 3.1 Hólmr-place of a new beginning -- 4. The Rus west of the Volkhov: the case of Izborsk-Pskov -- Chapter Three: The Rus and their culture -- 1. The Rus of the tenth century -- 1.1 Who were the Rus? -- 2. The Norse culture of the Rus -- 2.1 The magic miniatures -- 2.2 The message of graffiti -- 2.3 The funeral of a Rus chieftain in the Risala of ibn Fadlan -- Chapter Four: The Upper Dnieper -- 1. The centre at Gnëzdovo -- 1.1 Big mounds -- 1.2 Norse items from smaller barrows and settlements -- 1.3 Chamber-burials -- 1.4 Exclusive jewellery -- 1.5 The Rus of Gnëzdovo -- Chapter Five: The Volga-Oka region -- Chapter Six: Towards the Rus state -- 1. The Rus in the South -- 1.2 Kiev-the centre of the new Rus -- 2. The Rus at Chernigov and Shestovitsa -- 3. The Druzhina-the retinue among the Rus -- 4. On the way to Byzantium through the Lower Dnieper -- Summing up and concluding -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-280) and index
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""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: The Rus and Scandinavia: The case of the Rhos in Ingelheim A.D. 839""; ""1. Background""; ""2. Sub anno 839 in Annales Bertiniani""; ""2.1 The name of the people""; ""2.2 The title of the ruler""; ""2.3 The kaganate of the Rus""; ""2.4 The Rhos and Sweden""; ""3. Early Viking-age Denmark""; ""4. Byzantium, Islamic threat and Greek diplomacy""; ""5. Why did the Rhos go to Byzantium and later join the Greek embassy?""; ""6. The return voyage of the Rhos""
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""Chapter Two: People, places and things in the first ""land of Rus"" in the East""""1. The early period: trade and political organisation""; ""1.1 Aldeigja�the focal place of the early Rus""; ""2. After 850: more Rus and continued expansion""; ""2.1 The attack on Constantinople in 860""; ""2.2 Staraja Ladoga from the mid-ninth to the end of tenth century""; ""2.3 Scandinavian culture in Priladozhe""; ""3. The Upper Volkhov�Holmgardr""; ""3.1 Hólmr�place of a new beginning""; ""4. The Rus west of the Volkhov: the case of Izborsk-Pskov""; ""Chapter Three: The Rus and their culture""
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""1. The Rus of the tenth century""""1.1 Who were the Rus?""; ""2. The Norse culture of the Rus""; ""2.1 The magic miniatures""; ""2.2 The message of graffiti""; ""2.3 The funeral of a Rus chieftain in the Risala of ibn Fadlan""; ""Chapter Four: The Upper Dnieper""; ""1. The centre at Gnëzdovo""; ""1.1 Big mounds""; ""1.2 Norse items from smaller barrows and settlements""; ""1.3 Chamber-burials""; ""1.4 Exclusive jewellery""; ""1.5 The Rus of Gnëzdovo""; ""Chapter Five: The Volga-Oka region""; ""Chapter Six: Towards the Rus state""; ""1. The Rus in the South""
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""1.2 Kiev�the centre of the new Rus""""2. The Rus at Chernigov and Shestovitsa""; ""3. The Druzhina�the retinue among the Rus""; ""4. On the way to Byzantium through the Lower Dnieper""; ""Summing up and concluding""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index ""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9789004138742
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Viking Rus : Studies on the Presence of Scandinavians in Eastern Europe
Sprache:
Englisch
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