The Relations between Ancient Russia and Scandinavia, and the Origin of the Russian State : Three Lectures Delivered at the Taylor Institution. Oxford, in May, 1876

The Relations between Ancient Russia and Scandinavia, first published in 1877, by the Danish philologist, Vilhelm Thomsen (1842-1927), contains Thomsen's three lectures on the origins of the Russian state. The lectures were given at the Taylor Institution, Oxford, in May 1876. The first lecture covers the ethnic background of ancient Russia and its earliest political institutions and the second and third lectures investigate Russia's Scandinavian origins. Thomsen demonstrated and explored the interlinked histories of Russia and Scandinavia by comparative examinations of Russian and the Scandinavian languages. By this analysis, Thomsen was able to demonstrate the importance of the Scandinavian element in the earliest origins of Russian culture, identity, political institutions and language. The work is an outstanding piece of philological investigation and a key text in early Russian cultural, linguistic and political history. It continues to be relevant to the advanced student of Russian language and early Russian history. Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 10 Contents......Page 12 LECTURE I - ON THE INHABITANTS OF ANCIENT RUSSIA, AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE RUSSIAN STATE......Page 14 LECTURE II - ON THE SCANDINAVIAN ORIGIN OF THE ANCIENT RUSS......Page 50 LECTURE III - ON THE DENOMINATION AND HISTORY OF THE SCANDINAVIAN ELEMENT IN RUSSIA......Page 100 APPENDIX: OLD RUSSIAN PROPER NAMES......Page 144 ADDITIONS......Page 156 INDEX......Page 160 Cover 1 Frontmatter 6 PREFACE 10 Contents 12 LECTURE I - ON THE INHABITANTS OF ANCIENT RUSSIA, AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE RUSSIAN STATE 14 LECTURE II - ON THE SCANDINAVIAN ORIGIN OF THE ANCIENT RUSS 50 LECTURE III - ON THE DENOMINATION AND HISTORY OF THE SCANDINAVIAN ELEMENT IN RUSSIA 100 APPENDIX: OLD RUSSIAN PROPER NAMES 144 ADDITIONS 156 INDEX 160 9781108014540 Cambridge Library Collection - History In The Relations between Ancient Russia and Scandinavia (1877) Vilhelm Thomsen (1842–1927) explores the Scandinavian origins of Russia by a comparative examination of Russian and the Scandinavian languages. The work is an outstanding piece of philological investigation and a key text in early Russian cultural, linguistic and political history. Preface; 1. On the inhabitants of ancient Russia, and the foundation of the Russian state; 2. On the Scandinavian origin of the ancient Russ; 3. On the denomination and history of the Scandinavian element in Russia; Appendix; Inde.