The Varangians of ByzantiumCambridge University Press, 16 abr 2007 - 260 páginas 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. It surveys the history of the regiment down to the collapse of High Byzantium in 1204 and traces the remnant of the Varangians to the very last day of the Empire in May 1453. |
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Varangians and their origins | 1 |
Norse and Russian forces in the Byzantine army to | 32 |
Haraldr Sigurðarson and his period as a Varangian | 54 |
S The Varangians between 1042 and 1081 | 103 |
Varangians during the period 10811204 | 122 |
Varangian evidences 12041453 | 167 |
The Emperor his Court his guards and his city | 177 |
Some individual Norse and English Varangians | 193 |
Runic inscriptions concerning Varangians | 223 |
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