ISBN10: 0674644654, ISBN13: 9780674644656, [publisher: Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University] Hardcover 8vo (23.5 cm), XXXII, 928 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Who were the Rus', where did they come from, how was the Kievan state founded? To answer these centuries-old questions, the author analyzes Old Icelandic, Anglo-Saxon, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Syriac, Greek, Latin, Slavic, Turkic, and Chinese sources and presents a brilliant synthesis that will revolutionize our understanding of the problem." In this first of six volumes, Professor Pritsak provides an exposition of the entire work, followed by a detailed analysis of the Scandinavian phase of the problem." (from the blurb)
[Kraków, Poland] [Publication Year: 1982]
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