The Viking road to Byzantium
- Title
- The Viking road to Byzantium / H.R. Ellis Davidson.
- Published by
- London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd., [1976]
- Author
Items in the library and off-site
Displaying 1 item
| Status | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status | FormatText | AccessUse in library | Call numberDL65.D35 | Item locationOff-site |
Details
- Description
- 341 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations; 23 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Contents
- Trade and tribute: Across the Baltic; Finnmark and Biarmaland; Journeys into Russia; The coming of the Rus; Markets and fortresses; The road to Constantinople; The wares they carried -- Fighting in the East: the Rus as warriors; The first attacks on Constantinople; The campaigns of the Rus; The great Svyatoslav; The Varangians in Russia; The last links with Scandinavia -- Norsemen in Byzantium: The Varangian guard; Life in Miklagard; A Norwegian prince in Byzantium; In the service of the emperor; The holy city -- Ideas from the East: Marvels and Portents; The role of the Shaman; Odin in the East.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [319]-330.