Miklagard

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King Sigurd I of Norway and his men enter Miklagard during the First Crusade

Miklagard (also Miklagård ; Old Norse Miklagarðr "Big City", Icelandic Mikligarður ) is the western Scandinavian name for Constantinople (Byzantium), which can also be found on runestones in many texts of Scandinavian history . Scandinavian traders of the early and high Middle Ages made frequent trade trips via the Russian trading establishments on Lake Ladoga and rivers going towards the Black Sea to Constantinople. See also the article " Away from the Varangians to the Greeks ".

supporting documents

  • Image Atlas of World Cultures "The Vikings", editor: J. Graham-Campell, Bechtermünz Verlag, 1997, page 195f
  • “The life of the Vikings. Special edition for Nikol Verlagsgesellschaft ”, English original edition:“ The Viking World ”, Francis Lincoln Publishers Limited, London 1980, page 165