The Varangians of Byzantium

Cambridge University Press

1978

xiii, 242 p.

9780521217453

1. Varangians and their origins 2. The army and navy of the High Byzantine Empire 3. Norse and Russian forces in the Byzantine army to the death of Romanos III 4. Haraldr Siguroarson and his period as a Varangian in Constantinople, 1034-1043 5. The Varangians between 1042 and 1081 6. Varangians during the period 1081-1204 7. The ghost of the regiment: Varangian evidences 1204-1453 8. The Emperor, his Court, his guards and his city 9. Some individual Norse and English Varangians and travellers to Byzantium 10. Runic inscriptions concerning Varangians

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