Contributor
Garipzanov, Ildar H.
Imprint:Turnhout : Brepols ; Abingdon : Marston [distributor], c2011.
Descriptionxiii, 292 p. ; 25 cm.
Note:Includes some primary source material.
Note:History writing and Christian identity on a European periphery / Ildar H. Garipzanov -- Christianity and paganism in Adam of Bremen's narrative / Ildar H. Garipzanov -- pt. 1. Early Scandinavian historical narratives in Latin -- Two early twelfth-century views of Denmark's Christian past: Ailnoth and the Anonymous of Roskilde / Michael H. Gelting -- Historia Norwegie and Sven Aggesen: two pioneers in comparison / Lars Boje Mortenen -- Theodoricus Monachus: the kingdom of Norway and the history of salvation / Sverre Bagge -- pt. 2. Early Scandinavian historical narratives in Old Norse -- The two ages in Agrip of Noregs konunga sogum / Theodore M. Andersson -- Islendingabok: the creation of an Icelandic Christian identity / Else Mundal -- Whetting the appetite for a vernacular literature: the Icelandic Hungrvaka / Jonas Wellendorf -- pt. 3. Early historical narratives in East-Central Europe -- A new chosen people? Gallus Anonymus's narrative about Poland and its rulers / Zbigniew Dalewski -- Christian identity in the Chronicle of the Czechs by Cosmas of Prague / Janos M. Bak -- 'More paganismo': reflections on the pagan and Christian past in the Gesta Hungarorum of the Hungarian Anonymous Notary / Laszlo Veszpremy -- pt. 4. Early historical narratives in Easter Europe -- Christian chronology, universal history, and the origin of chronicle writing in Rus' / Oleksiy P. Tolochko -- Pagan past and Christian identity in the Primary Chronicle / Donald Ostrowski -- Christian identity in the early Novgorodian annalistic writing / Timofey V. Guimon.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
