The Origin Of Rus', Volume 1: Old Scandanavian Sources Other than the Sagas

V. 1. Old Scandinavian Sources Other Than The Sagas. Omeljan Pritsak. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: V. 1, P. 725-835. Contents Preface Abbreviations Part One: General Introduction 1 Exposition to the Entire Work: The Origin of Rus’ The Acrimonious Debate between the Normanists and the Anti-Normanists Proposed Concept and Methodology The Franks The Nomads, Sedentary Empires and the Merchants The Anglo-Saxons The Frisians The Vikings and the Værings The Rise of Intercontinental Trade The Jewish Rädaniya and the Non-Jewish Traders from Rutenicis ( > Rodez) The Emerging Economic Area of Mare Balticum The Rüs Kaganate The Pacification of the Avars and the Moravian Mission The Rise of the Christian Kievan Rus’ State and of Rus’ Historical Consciousness 2 Introduction to Volumes One and Two: The Cultural Setting: The West Two Periods of Old Norse Literature The First Period The First Period Mythology and Epics of the Germanic Peoples Skaldic Poetry and Runic Inscriptions The Intermediate Period 3 Introduction to Volumes One and Two: The Cultural Setting in the East The Contacts between the Germanic and the Steppe Peoples The Bosporus Kingdom and Late Hellenism The Tripartite System of Old Turkic Mythology ôôinn’s Reform of the Futhark 4 Introduction to Volumes One and Two: Historiography of Old Scandinavian Sources Pertaining to Eastern Europe Part Two: Poetry and Myth as Historical Sources 5 The Eddaic Poems and Their Manuscript Tradition The Poetic Edda The Snorra Edda Anglo-Saxon Heroic Poetry Eastern European Names in the Eddaic Poetry 6 From Myth to Epic and History: The Helgi Cycle The Helgi Cycle Helgi and the Ylfingar Helgi and the Two Haddingjar Oleg the Seer and Oleg “The Grand Prince of Rus’”* 7 From Myth and History to Epic: The Migrational Myth and Two Historical Transplantations The Migrational Myth King Snio Lotha Knut’s Transplantation of Peoples 8 From Myth to Epic and from History to Myth: Jadingus/Haddingjar and the Norse Attack on Constantinople in 860 The Myth of the Maritime Adventure (The Divine Twins) and Its Germanic Re-Creations Saxo’s Hellespont The Rus’ian Attack on Constantinople in 860 One or Two Attacks? Askold and Dir The Viking King Bjqrn The Viking Hasting Hastings and Bjçrn = Askold and Dir 9 From History to Myth and Epic: Hnæf and Hnabi/0nevus. New Approach to the Fight at Finnsburg and Old Danish Conogardia 10 The Transposition of History into Epic: The Battle of the Goths and the Huns The Source Basis The Structure of the Hervararsaga The Sámsey Poetry Widsith and the Battle of the Goths and the Huns The Pula in the Battle of the Goths and the Huns Harvaöa Fjçll and Graf-á Proper Names in the Saga Ethnic and Geographic Names in the Battle of the Goths and the Huns Reiö-Gotaland and Garöariki in the Hervararsaga The Genesis of the Hervararsaga The Battle of the Goths and the Huns as a Historical Source 11 Snorri’s “Gelehrte Urgeschichte”: Has It a Historical Basis? Snorri’s Gelehrte Urgeschichte Ôôinn, Kingship, and the Royal Family Tree Tyrkir, Tyrkland and Tyrkjakonungr Vanakvisl and Vanaheimr/Vanaland Svípjóó in Mikla eSa kalda Âsgarôr/Tyrkland, Troy, and T”mutorokan’ Goöheimar 12 The Poetry of the Skalds: Skaldic Poetry as a Historical Source Skaldic Poetry Individual Works and Their Data Contents Skaldic Poetry’s Vistas on Eastern Europe Part Three: The Runic Inscriptions 13 The Runic Inscriptions in Younger Futhark Runic Inscriptions as a Historical Source Ninth Century Inscriptions The Gotland Inscriptions The Danish and Norwegian Inscriptions The Inscriptions from Old Ladoga, Daugmale, and Great Novgorod The Pre-Jelling Inscriptions Runic Inscriptions from 940 to 1000 The Pilgârds Inscriptions Runic Inscriptions from 1000 to 1100 Danish Inscriptions Norwegian Inscriptions Inscriptions from Jämtland Swedish Inscriptions Gotland’s Inscriptions East European Inscriptions The Structure of a Swedish Runic Inscription of the Eleventh Century 14 The Geographical Vistas in the Runic Inscriptions General Designations for Foreign Countries East European Place Names Finland and Tafæistaland (Tavastland) ailati *0yland = “Aland (?)” Estonia Latvia Rus’ AustrvegrR Garöar Risaland RiuskR Hölmgarör Aifur and the Berezan’ Inscription The Blqkumenn The Byzantine Empire The Death of Varangians and Other Norsemen in Byzantium Travelers to Greece The East: Jórsala, Særkland and Karusm Geographic Names Used as Proper Names 15 The Varangians at Home and Abroad General Observations larlabanki and His Clan Pôrstæinn and His Varangian Retinue in Rus’ during the 1050’s FroygæiRR’s Retinue in the Baltic Areas 16 Jakun, the Varangian King of the Year 1024 17 Yngvarr hinn viôfçrli and His Campaign in Særkland (1041) Who Was Yngvarr hinn viôfçrli? An Arabic Source for Rus’ Expeditions to the Caucasus The Expedition to Khwärizm The Message of the Ingvarr’s Stones 18 Merchant Guilds in Eleventh-Century Sweden Part Four: The Laws as a Historical Source 19 The Old Scandinavian Laws The Legal Literature of the Old Northmen The Provincial Laws Norway Sweden Gotland Denmark Iceland Municipal Laws Birka Laws and Rus9 Hirö Laws 20 The Old Frisian Laws The Lex Frisionum The Common Old Frisian Laws The Basic Common Old Frisian Laws The Seventeen Statutes The Twenty-four Constitutions The Common Frisian Wergeld Chapter The General Statutes The Synod Laws Two Legendary Stories about Frisian Liberties The Law of Magistrates Part Five: Old Icelandic Geographic Literature 21 Human Geography in the Religious Literature Translational Religious Literature Scitia = “Sweden the Great” The Itinerary Literature The Icelandic Mappa Mundi of about 1150 or 1250 22 Human Geography in the Encyclopedic Collections The Climates 5 to 7 and the Old Norse Name for Caspian Sea A Biblical Genealogy of Nations Sons of Japhet Descriptions of Europe Information on Eastern Europe: A General Review A Listing of the Baltic Lands Remarks on Wendland, Reidgotaland and Hunaland Redactions 1 and 2 on Eastern Europe The Redaction 2 on Northern Europe An Old Scandinavian List of Rivers Part Six: Old Scandinavian Chronicles and Annals 23 The Danish Chronicles and Annals The Development of Historical Writing The Danish Chronicles The Lists of Danish Kings The Latin Annals Eastern Europe in the Danish Chronicles and Annals 24 The Icelandic Annals The Development of Annalistic Work Eastern Europe in the Icelandic Annals Preliminary Conclusion 25 Preliminary Conclusions Appendices Appendix One: A Runic Viking-Varangian ‘‘Who’s Who” Introduction List of Inscriptions The Danish Runes The Runes of Faeros The Runes of Gotland The Runes of Old Greece (Byzantium) The Rune of Greenland The Rune of the Hebrides The Rune of Jämtland The Manx Inscriptions The Norwegian Runes The Runes from the Soviet Union The Swedish Runes Appendix Two: The Basic Texts of the Icelandic “Gelehrte Urgeschichte” Snorri’s Data on Early Eastern Europe Upphaf allra frásagna Appendix Three: King Alfred’s Geography Description of Europe General Description Alfred’s Contribution The Accounts of Ohtherç and Wulfstan Introduction The “Periplus”35 of Ohthere Wulfstan’s Account Alfred’s Gotland Appendix Four: The Texts of the Icelandic Itinerary Literature Nikulás Bergsson’s Leiôar-visir Wegur til Róms Leiöir Bibliography and Bibliographical Essays Reference Aids Scandinavian and Germanic Philology (see also pp.740-742, 774-775, 810-814) Medieval Latin Philology Byzantine Philology Turkic and Altaic Philology Slavic Philology Iranian Philology Finno-Ugric Philology Islamic Philology Theoretical Foundations (see also pp. 39 and 163) Germanic Myth and Epics Myth and Epics of Other Peoples Special Bibliography of the Eddas The Poetic Edda Manuscripts of the Poetic Edda Basic Editions and Translations Dating of the Eddaic Lays Select Bibliography The Snorra Edda Manuscripts of the Snorra Edda Basic Editions and Translations Select Bibliography For a special bibliography see p. 743. Versions and Editions Select Bibliography The Helgi Cycle Select Bibliography Anglo-Saxon Heroic Poetry Special Bibliographies on Beowulf and Finnsburg Editions and Translations Select Bibliography Basic Tools and Editions Select Bibliography Basic Tools and Editions 7 Select Bibliography The Old Scandinavian Laws Basic Tools and Editions (See also pp. 467-479). Select Bibliography The Old Frisian Laws Basic Tools and Editions Select Bibliography Basic Tools and Editions Select Bibliography Old Norse Geographic Literature Alfred, Ohthere and Wulfstan The Danish Chronicles and Annals Basic Tools and Editions Select Bibliography The Icelandic Annals Basic Edition Select Bibliography Sources of Scandinavian Provenance Latin and Greek Sources Old Turkic Sources Slavic Sources Islamic Sources Index of Inscriptions General Index