The Varangians of Byzantium

Benedict Benedikz

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511562365

An aura of romance has clung about the Varangians for over six centuries. This book examines how the Norsemen came to be drawn into the Imperial service until the greatest of all the Emperors of the East, Basil II, formed them into the regiment of guards which was to give unique service to the Empire. It surveys the history of the regiment down to the collapse of High Byzantium in 1204 and traces the remnant of the Varangians to the very last day of the Empire in May 1453.

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Illustrations
pp viii-viii

Preface
pp ix-xiv

1 - Varangians and their origins
pp 1-14

2 - The army and navy of the High Byzantine Empire
pp 15-31

3 - Norse and Russian forces in the Byzantine army to the death of Romanos III
pp 32-53

4 - Haraldr Sigurðarson and his period as a Varangian in Constantinople, 1034–1043
pp 54-102

5 - The Varangians between 1042 and 1081
pp 103-121

6 - Varangians during the period 1081–1204
pp 122-166

7 - The ghost of the regiment: Varangian evidences 1204–1453
pp 167-176

8 - The Emperor, his Court, his guards and his city
pp 177-192

9 - Some individual Norse and English Varangians and travellers to Byzantium
pp 193-222

10 - Runic inscriptions concerning Varangians
pp 223-233

Select bibliography
pp 234-236

Index
pp 237-242

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