Medievalists.net » Varangians http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Varangian: Norse Influences Within the Elite Guard of Byzantium http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/02/varangian-norse-influences-within-elite-guard-byzantium/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/02/varangian-norse-influences-within-elite-guard-byzantium/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2014 16:53:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47975 Constantinople maintained hundreds of years of dutiful employment of what has been often referred to by scholars as a mercenary force. The elite of which was charged with the primary duty of defending the seat of the Byzantine Emperor and defense of the realm at the emperor's order.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/02/varangian-norse-influences-within-elite-guard-byzantium/feed/ 0 “The English Exodus to Ionia”: The Identity of the Anglo-Saxon Varangians in the Service of Alexios Comnenos I (1081-1118) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/20/the-english-exodus-to-ionia-the-identity-of-the-anglo-saxon-varangians-in-the-service-of-alexios-comnenos-i-1081-1118/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/20/the-english-exodus-to-ionia-the-identity-of-the-anglo-saxon-varangians-in-the-service-of-alexios-comnenos-i-1081-1118/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:14:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37333 Most historians who focus on this period have examined the effects of the Norman invasion and its aftermath on the island itself, but few have studied the journeys of those who left England in search for new opportunities in foreign lands.

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