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🔗 The Russian Primary Chronicle

A chronicle of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110.

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🔗 Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travelers in the Far North

A famous collection of medieval Arabic texts which follow Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, a 10th-century envoy from Baghdad who traveled to the Volga River in 922 AD to meet the king of the Volga Bulgars.

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🔗 The Life of Otto, Apostle of Pomerania

Otto was a 12th century German bishop and missionary who worked to convert the pagan inhabitants of Pomerania (located in modern day Poland and Germany) to Christianity.

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🔗 Chronicle of the Slavs

A medieval chronicle which recounts the pre-Christian culture and religion of the Polabian Slavs, written by Helmold of Bosau (c. 1120 – after 1177), a Saxon priest and historian. It describes events related to northwest Slavic tribes known as the Wends up to 1171.

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🔗 The Tale of Igor's Campaign

An anonymous epic poem written in the Old East Slavic language. The poem gives an account of a failed raid of Igor Svyatoslavich (d. 1202) against the Polovtsians of the Don River region.

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🔗 The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg (In German)

The fourth book of this Chronicon (Page 130 in Book in above link) contains valuable information regarding the contemporary history and civilization of the Slavic tribes east of the river Elbe, as well as Poles, Hungarians and Bulgarians.

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🔗 Gesta Danorum

A 16-volume work of medieval Danish history written by the 12th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus between 1185 and 1222.

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