Benedict Benedikz

The Varangians of Byzantium

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An aura of romance has clung about the Varangians for over six centuries. This book examines how the Norsemen came to be drawn into the Imperial service until the greatest of all the Emperors of the East, Basil II, formed them into the regiment of guards which was to give unique service to the Empire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9780521035521
• ISBN-10: 052103552X
• Artikelnr.: 22743821

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Preface
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
Select bibliography
Index.