Vikings in the East
Subtitle: essays on contacts along the road to Byzantium (800-1100)
By: Fedir Androshchuk
Series: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Studia Byzantina Upsaliensia -- 14; Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis -- 14.
Publisher: Uppsala Universitet
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Uppsala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9789155488154
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Vikings; Viking Civilization
Other titles: Essays on contacts along the road to Byzantium (800-1100); Contacts along the road to Byzantium (800-1100)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: Vikings in the East : A General Outline; title: Identifying Northmen in Southern Rus´; title: The role of Dereva and Volhynia in contacts between Northmen and Slavs in the 9th01409305–11th centuries; title: Byzantium and the Viking World : Archaeological Evidence for Contacts (9th–10th c.); title: Rituals of Power : Great Mounds and “Mound-Sitting” in Rus´ and Scandinavia; title: Contacts between Sweden and Southern Rus´ (11th–12th c.); title: Symbols of Faith or Symbols of Status? Christian Objects in Viking Rus´ Contexts; title: Cemeteries and the Shaping of an Early Christian Urban Landscape in Scandinavia and Rus´; title: Some Final Remarks: Vikings in the East : Cultural Adaptation and Shaping Identities.