Bjarmaland

• Main Author: Koskela Vasaru, M. (Mervi)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oulun yliopisto 2016
• Subjects: Baltic-Finnish peoples; Bjarmaland; Finno-Ugric peoples; Kola Peninsula; White Sea; sagas; viking expeditions; Bjarmalanti; Bjarmia; Kantalahti; Kuolan niemimaa; Vienanmeri; itämerensuomalaiset kansat; saagat; suomalais-ugrilaiset kansat; viikinkiretket; Varzuga; dvina; kola peninsula
• Online Access: http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526213965

Abstract Bjarmaland (also Biarmaland, Biarmia, Byarmia, Bjarmia) and its inhabitants (Bjarmar, Beormas, Biarmar) are known to us through c. 30 medieval written sources, most of them written in Norse, a few in Latin and one in Anglo-Saxon. Majority of the texts were written during the 13th century, b...