Eastern Europe in Icelandic Sagas

Tatjana N. Jackson

doi:10.2307/j.ctvhrd02p

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Edition: 1/2019
Copyright Year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-1-64189-026-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-64189-027-4
Publisher: Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Series: Beyond Medieval Europe
Language: English
Pages: 224
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
1. Skaldic Poetry No access
2. Runic Inscriptions No access
3. Sagas No access
4. About this Book No access
5. Some Conventions No access
1. Chapter 1 Austrhálfa on the Mental Map of Medieval Scandinavians No access
2. 1. Place-names with aust- in Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Poetry No access
  2. Place-names with aust- in the Early Kings’ Sagas No access
  3. Place-names with aust- in Later Sources No access
3. Chapter 3 Austmarr, “the Eastern Sea,” the Baltic Sea No access
4. Chapter 4 Traversing Eastern Europe No access
5. 1. The Northern Dvina No access
  2. The Western Dvina No access
  3. The Dnieper No access
  4. The River Dröfn No access
  5. The Volga and the Kama No access
  6. The Neva No access
  7. The Don No access
6. Chapter 6 Garðar/Garðaríki as a Designation of Old Rus’ No access
7. 1. Novgorod No access
  2. Kiev No access
8. 1. Ladoga and Aldeigja No access
  2. Ship-building Workshop No access
  3. “Hann braut Aldeigjuborg” No access
  4. “Aldeigjuborg ok þat jarlsríki, er þar fylgði” No access
  5. On the Control Functions of Ladoga Volost’ No access
9. 1. Palteskia/Pallteskja (Polotsk) No access
  2. Móramar, Rostofa, Súrdalar (Murom, Rostov, Suzdal’) No access
  3. Sýrnes, Gaðar (Gnezdovo?), and Smaleskia (Smolensk) No access
  4. Álaborg No access
  5. Danparstaðir No access
10. Chapter 10 Bjarmaland No access
1. 1. A Prophetess in Garðaríki Predicts Óláfr’s Appearance in Rus’ No access
  2. The Infant Óláfr Captured in Eistland, on the Way to Garðaríki No access
  3. Óláfr Comes to Garðaríki No access
  4. Murder in Hólmgarðr No access
  5. Óláfr in Military Service with Valdamarr No access
  6. The Role of Óláfr Tryggvason in the Conversion of Rus’ No access
2. 1. Óláfr’s Relations with Yaroslav The Wise and Ingigerðr No access
  2. Óláfr’s Flight to Garðaríki No access
  3. Miracles of St. Óláfr in Old Rus’ No access
  4. Óláfr’s Departure from Garðaríki No access
3. 1. Magnús Comes to Rus’ No access
  2. Noble Norwegians Go to Rus’ to Fetch Magnús No access
  3. Magnús in Garðaríki No access
  4. Magnús’s Return to Norway from Garðaríki No access
4. 1. Haraldr’s Flight to Garðaríki No access
  2. Military Service with Jarizleifr No access
  3. Matchmaking and Departure No access
  4. Byzantine Service No access
  5. Back to Garðaríki and the Gamanvísur No access
  6. Marriage to Elizaveta Yaroslavna No access
5. Conclusion No access
Bibliography No access Pages 173 - 206
Index No access Pages 207 - 216