Scheuerle, Anita
Doctoral candidate at the Research Training Group 2304 “Byzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean Cultures of War. Exchange, Differentiation and Reception”, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology)
Provisional title of the dissertation: “Scandinavian” warriors and traders in the western Black Sea area, according to the archaeological sources.
In his book, Fedir Androshchuk provides a comprehensive insight about the contacts between Scandinavians, Kievan Rus’, and Byzantium in the 9th–11th centuries. Through archaeological and written sources, he examines how trade, political networks, and cultural exchange shaped the formation of hybrid identities.