Intermission: History Becomes Legend
This chapter is a brief synthesis of the previous discussion and an introduction to a shift in emphasis. Whereas the previous chapters have emphasized contemporary or near-contemporary sources we now enter the realm of legend; literary depictions of Varan
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The Varangians In God’s Holy Fire Sverrir Jakobsson
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Sverrir Jakobsson
The Varangians In God’s Holy Fire
Sverrir Jakobsson University of Iceland Reykjavík, Iceland
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