In Austrvegr :: the role of the Eastern Baltic in Viking Age communication across the Baltic Sea /

"Marika Mägi's book considers the cultural, mercantile and political interaction of the Viking Age (9th-11th century), focusing on the eastern coasts of the Baltic Sea. The majority of research on Viking activity in the East has so far concentrated on the modern-day lands of Russia, while...

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1. Verfasser: Mägi, Marika, 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
Schriftenreihe:The Northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 AD. peoples, economies and cultures, volume 84
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Zusammenfassung:"Marika Mägi's book considers the cultural, mercantile and political interaction of the Viking Age (9th-11th century), focusing on the eastern coasts of the Baltic Sea. The majority of research on Viking activity in the East has so far concentrated on the modern-day lands of Russia, while the archaeology and Viking Age history of today's small nation states along the eastern coasts of the Baltic Sea is little known to a global audience. This study looks at the area from a trans-regional perspective, combining archaeological evidence with written sources, and offering reflections on the many different factors of climate, topography, logistics, technology, politics and trade that shaped travel in this period. The work offers a nuanced vision of Eastern Viking expansion, in which the Eastern Baltic frequently acted as buffer zone between eastern and western powers"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 491 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004363816
9004363815
ISSN:1569-1462 ;