Ebook: Vikings in the East: Essays on Contacts along the Road to Byzantium (800-1100)

The book about Vikings in the East deals with cultural contacts and exchange along the road to Byzantium. Can we trace the Scandinavian presence in Eastern Europe on the basis of written sources and archaeological finds? Who were the Rus? And Varangians? What was the difference between these two groups of Scandinavian origin active in the East? Why did Northmen build large mounds in Rus? and what rituals took place near them? Were they assimilated or simply culturally acclimatized in these areas? What was the Scandinavian contribution in the spread of eastern Christianity? How extensive was the Byzantine influence in the North? Trying to find out answers to all these questions, the author seeks to uncover the most reliable stories in ambiguous written and archaeological sources.