The Origin of Rus: v.1 (Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute Monograph) - Hardcover

The Origin of Rus', Vol 1: Old Scandanavian Sources Other than the Sagas

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 8vo (23.5 cm), XXXII, 928 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Who were the Rus', where did they come from, how was the Kievan state founded? To answer these centuries-old questions, the author analyzes Old Icelandic, Anglo-Saxon, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Syriac, Greek, Latin, Slavic, Turkic, and Chinese sources and presents a brilliant synthesis that will revolutionize our understanding of the problem." In this first of six volumes, Professor Pritsak provides an exposition of the entire work, followed by a detailed analysis of the Scandinavian phase of the problem." (from the blurb). Artikel-Nr. 007153

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