The humble beginnings of the Rus’ lands were represented by a series of regional communities held together by the commerce of trade and a generally lackadaisical sense of order. However, over time the political structure of Rus’ arrived with the unifying nature of Christianity, brought upon by Vladimir the Great. It is clear, due to both the coincidence of the Church’s increased presence with a new Russian identity and the terminology used in various records, that Rus’ was indeed a unified political
It was during this trek into Sweden Harald said “Now I must crawl from wood to wood with little honour. Who knows if I shall become famous far and wide?” This showcases one of the eight talents which Harald claimed to have mastery over, poetry. Though much of the artistry is lost in translation, Gabrielle Turvelle-Petre claims that, “No