Open AccessOn the localization of the people of Rhos of the Bertine Annals
Author(s) -
Alexey E. Vinogradov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
lokus: lûdi, obŝestvo, kulʹtury, smysly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2500-2988
DOI - 10.31862/2500-2988-2020-11-3-28-39
Subject(s) - annals , mainland , ruler , genealogy , history , space (punctuation) , process (computing) , element (criminal law) , geography , computer science , ancient history , political science , archaeology , law , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
The message of the Annales Bertiniani of 839 about the ambassadorsof the Khakan Rhos was repeatedly analyzed, but researchers did not come to a conclusion about the location of this ruler’s headquarters. Rhos emerged from a simplistic view of the history of the Circumbaltic space, where the Scandinavians were just one element of a complex interethnic process. Written and archaeological sources, as well as toponymy data, indicate that the Rhos people may be localized outside mainland Sweden – on the Baltic islands and the Eastern Baltic.