[gothic-l] Goths, Eruli in the East and Pritsak

[andreas.schwarcz at UNIVIE.AC.AT]

Dear bertil,
as aou once again cite Omeljan Pritsak in support of one of your wilder 
theories, I repeat my comment from July 10th, 2001:
Here are some remarks to: 
Omeljan Pritsak, The Origin of Rus'. Volume 1 Old Scandinavian Sources 
other than the Sagas. Harvard Ucrainian Research Institute Monograph 
Series. Harvard 1981 
Omeljan Pritsak is a famous historian and orientalist specialized in Central 
Asian and Altaic studies and Russian and Ucrainian history. This book was 
planned to be the first in a series of six volumes, of which however only this 
one was finished by the author. He is not a scandinavist or a specialist in 
Gothic history or language and does not claim to be one. Of the 926 pages 
of this book only some chapters treat the Goths in passing and there he cites 
literature which was old when the book appeared (Ludwig Schmidt and 
Thompson). About thirty pages are devoted to the Battle of the Goths and 
the Huns, only incidentally he identifies pp.249 f. Gothheimar as "the home 
of the Goths", but Gothic questions are not central to the main theme of the 
book and Pritsak generally treats them mostly to identify geographic settings 
for his history of the Rus. 

It really amazing how you remain unimpressed by every scientific argument 
and repeat things after some time has passed. But you should not forget that 
there is an archive of our discussions where people might freshen up their 
memories.
Kind regards
                Andreas

Ao.Univ.Prof.Dr.Andreas Schwarcz
Institut für österreichische Geschichtsforschung
Universität Wien
Dr.Karl Lueger-Ring 1
A-1010 Wien
Österreich
Tel.0043/1/42-77/272-16
Fax 0043/142-77/92-72


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