Identity Formation and Diversity in the Early Medieval Baltic and Beyond : Communicators and Communication

BRILL
2017
EISBN 9789004328471
Identity Formation and Diversity in the Early Medieval Baltic and Beyond: Communicators and Communication.
Copyright.
Contents.
List of Illustrations.
List of Contributors.
1 Identity Formation and Diversity: Introduction.
2 Societies East and West of the Baltic Sea: Prehistoric Culture Contacts Revisited.
3 Riding to the Afterworld: Burying with Horses and Riding Equipment in Estonia and the Baltic Rim.
4 A Site of Intersection: Staraya Ladoga, Eastern Silver, and Long-Distance Communication Networks in Early Medieval Europe
5 Creating a Cultural Expression: On Rus' Identity and Material Culture.
6 "Varangian Christianity" and the Veneration of Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian Saints in Early Rus'.
7 The Rise of the Dominion of the ar-Rus in the Northern Parts of Eastern Europe, Seventh to Ninth Centuries a.d.: A Case of Culture Construction.
8 Bringing "the Periphery" into Focus: Social Interaction between Baltic Finns and the Svear in the Viking Age and Crusade Period (c.800 to 1200).
9 Contacts, Identity, and Hybridity: Objects from South-western Finland in the Birka Graves
10 Swords from the Carolingian Empire to the Baltic Sea and Beyond.
11 Dirham Hoards from the Gulf of Finland Region.
Index
Copyright.
Contents.
List of Illustrations.
List of Contributors.
1 Identity Formation and Diversity: Introduction.
2 Societies East and West of the Baltic Sea: Prehistoric Culture Contacts Revisited.
3 Riding to the Afterworld: Burying with Horses and Riding Equipment in Estonia and the Baltic Rim.
4 A Site of Intersection: Staraya Ladoga, Eastern Silver, and Long-Distance Communication Networks in Early Medieval Europe
5 Creating a Cultural Expression: On Rus' Identity and Material Culture.
6 "Varangian Christianity" and the Veneration of Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian Saints in Early Rus'.
7 The Rise of the Dominion of the ar-Rus in the Northern Parts of Eastern Europe, Seventh to Ninth Centuries a.d.: A Case of Culture Construction.
8 Bringing "the Periphery" into Focus: Social Interaction between Baltic Finns and the Svear in the Viking Age and Crusade Period (c.800 to 1200).
9 Contacts, Identity, and Hybridity: Objects from South-western Finland in the Birka Graves
10 Swords from the Carolingian Empire to the Baltic Sea and Beyond.
11 Dirham Hoards from the Gulf of Finland Region.
Index
