The fifth volume of the Reader “Ancient Rus' in the light of foreign sources” is dedicated to Old Scandinavian sources. Scandinavian written monuments of the 9th–14th centuries. represent one of the largest groups among foreign sources containing information on the history of Ancient Rus'. These include skaldic poems, runic inscriptions, historiographical works, Icelandic sagas (ancestral, royal, about bishops, about ancient times), Norwegian homilaries and lives of saints, Icelandic geographical works, Icelandic annals. Photographs of runic stones and drawings are used as illustrations images from Gotlandic stones, initials and marginalia from medieval Icelandic manuscripts, as well as drawings by Scandinavian artists of the 19th century: Halfdan Egedius, Christian Krogh, Gerhard Münthe, Eiliva Peterssen, Erik Werenschöll, Vilhelm Vetlesen. For historians, philologists.

Contents: Preface

“Orosius” of King Alfred (E. A. Melnikova) Runic inscriptions (E. A. Melnikova)Inscriptions about campaigns to the eastInscriptions mentioning the Eastern and North-Eastern Baltic StatesInscriptions mentioning Ancient RussiaInscriptions mentioning ByzantiumInscriptions mentioning Western Asia and Southern EuropeInscriptions dedicated to the campaign in Eastern Europe of the Swedish leader Ingvar

Scaldic poetry ( T. N. Jaxon) Hallfred the Difficult Skald Ejolv Dadaskald Sigvat Thordarson Olav Haraldsson Bjarni Skald of the Golden Eyelashes Arnor Skald Jarlov Harald Sigurdarson Bölverk Arnorsson Tjodolf Arnorsson

Icelandic-Norwegian historiography (T. N. Jaxon) “History of Norway” Monk Theodric. "A story about ancient Norwegian kings" "The Passion and Miracles of Blessed Olav" "Ancient Norse Book of Sermons"

Royal sagas (T. N. Jackson) "The Saga of the Ynglings" "The Saga of Harald Fairhair" "The Saga of Hakon the Good" " The Saga of Harald Grayskin"The Saga of Olav Tryggvason"The Saga of Olav Haraldsson"The Saga of Magnus the Good"The Saga of Harald Sigurdarson"The Saga of Olav the Quiet"The Saga of Magnus the Barefoot"The Saga of the Sons of Magnus"The Saga about Magnus the Blind and Harald Gili" "The Saga of Hakon Broadshoulder" "The Saga of Magnus Erlingsson" "The Saga of Sverrir" Sturla Thordarson. “The Saga of Hakon Hakonarson” “The Saga of the Skjoldungs” “The Saga of Jomsvikings” “The Saga of the Orkneys” “The Saga of the Faroese” “The Saga of the Knüttlings” “The Saga of the Guts”

Bishop Sagas (G.V. Glazyrina) “The Strand of Torvald the Traveler” “The Saga of Baptism”

Ancestral sagas (T. N. Jackson) “The Saga of the Battle of the Heath” “The Saga of Bjorn, the Hero of Hithardal” “The Saga of Cormac” “The Saga of Egil Skallagrimsson” “The Saga of the Men of the Bright Lake” “The Saga of Gisli, the Son Kisly""The Saga of the People from Salmon Valley""The Saga of Njal"

The Strands of the Icelanders (T. N. Jaxon)"The Second Strand of Halldor Snorrason""The Strand of Thorleif Jarl the Skald""The Strand of Hauk Long Stockings" "A Strand about Heming Aslaksson" "A Strand about Thorstein, son of Hall from the Coast" "A Strand about Harald the Greenlander"

Icelandic works (G. V. Glazyrina) Ari Thorgilsson. “The Book of the Icelanders” The Code of Law “The Gray Goose” “The Book of the Occupation of the Land”

Sagas of Ancient Times (G. V. Glazyrina) “The Saga of Ingvar the Traveler” “The Saga of Hrolf Gautreksson” “The Saga of Gautrek” "The Saga of Odd Arrow"The Saga of Sturlaug the Hardworking Ingolfsson" "The Saga of Hrolf the Pedestrian" "The Saga of Halfdan Eysteinsson" "The Saga of Egil the One-Armed and Asmund the Berserker-Slayer"

Icelandic Annals (T. N. Jaxon)

Geographical Works ( E. A. Melnikova) “Description of the Earth I” “What lands lie in the world” “On the division of the earth between the sons of Noah” “Great rivers”

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