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Searching for Rurik: A Critical Study of the Use of the Frankish Annals in the Writing of Early Russian History

Searching for Rurik: A Critical Study of the Use of the Frankish Annals in the Writing of Early Russian History

By Raymond U. Gavin

Proceedings and Papers of the GAH (Georgia Association of Historians), Vol. 14 (1994) 

Synopsis: Examines various Frankish chronicles, including The Royal Frankish Annals, Nithard’s Histories, The Annals of St.Bertin and The Annals of Fulda, to see what light they can shed on Russian history during the eigth and ninth centuries.

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