[gothic-l] _The Origin of Rus_ I

[Tore Gannholm]

>Andreas kindly provided some biographical notes
>on Professor Omeljan Pritsak and his book_The Origin of Rus_.
>Maybe it might be of interest to listmembers to know a
>little more about the book, which cotains much of interest
>for those seeking information on the relation between
>Migration Era myths, epics and lays and Old Norse literature.
>Of course the main question of this first volume of Proffessor
>Pritsak is who the Rus were, where did they come from and
>how was the Kievan state founded.
>
>An exposition of the entire work (six volumes) is provided in
>the 926 pages first volume. There is also a description of the
>cultural setting in the early medieval West and East. Then comes
>a detailed analysis of the Scandinavian phase of the problem.
>In six detailed sections aspects of Old Scandinavian
>intellectual crativity is presented - Eddaic poetry, the poetry of the
>Skalds, Runic inscriptions, legal literature, geographic literature,
>and chronicles. Perhaps the most important part is the probing
>of poetry and myth as a historical source.
>
>The author began with the study of all pertinent source material,
>while considering the historiographic background and provenance
>of each individual information.
>
>Gothically
>
>Bertil


Bertil,

On the Harward web http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/PRIORI.html
you can read dated 1998

FROM THE HARVARD UKRAINIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE


THE ORIGINS OF THE OLD RUS' WEIGHTS AND MONETARY SYSTEMS

Two Studies in Western Eurasian Metrology and Numismatics in the
Seventh to Eleventh Centuries

OMELJAN PRITSAK


In this sweeping and synthesizing work Professor Omeljan Pritsak
charts the influence of Western European, Arabic, Khazaro-Bulgarian,
and, later, Byzantine metrological and numismatic systems on the
development of these systems in Kyivan Rus'. Beginning with a survey
of the weights and monetary systems extant in Eurasia in the 7th to
11th centuries, Pritsak goes on to solve many of the fundamental
problems that have existed for over a century in the study of Old
Rus' metrology and numismatics.

Many of Pritsak's conclusions challenge conventional theories in this
field. Students of the history of Rus' and numismatists in general
will find this to be the most thoroughly researched and documented
English-language study of the subject to date.

Omeljan Pritsak is Mykhailo Hryshevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian
History, Emeritus, at Harvard University.


Tore
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