Vikings in the East

Uppsala Universitet

2013

viii, 272 p.

Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis

9789155488154

Vikings in the East : A General Outline. Identifying Northmen in Southern Rusʹ. The role of Dereva and Volhynia in contacts between Northmen and Slavs in the 9th-11th centuries. Byzantium and the Viking World : Archaeological Evidence for Contacts (9th-10th c.). Rituals of Power : Great Mounds and "Mound-Sitting" in Rusʹ and Scandinavia. Contacts between Sweden and Southern Rusʹ (11th-12th c.). Symbols of Faith or Symbols of Status? Christian Objects in Viking Rusʹ Contexts. Cemeteries and the Shaping of an Early Christian Urban Landscape in Scandinavia and Rusʹ. Some Final Remarks: Vikings in the East : Cultural Adaptation and Shaping Identities

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