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 <i>oecumene</i> in particular. It also examines the unique information of these sources, of which the Russian chronicles were unaware.
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Sources, Aims, Conventions
- Skaldic Poetry
- Runic Inscriptions
- Sagas
- 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 Poetry
- Place-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)
- 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 Tryggvason
- A 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 Garðaríki
- Chapter 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
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