chronicles

The article is the attempt to analyze the description of the «common crusade», which was written by a member of the First Crusade in his chronicle «The Deeds of the Franks and the other pilgrims to Jerusalem». Comparing a description of the «common crusade» with the descriptions of the other events in the text, it could be possible to make a conclusion, that anonymous author considers members of the «common crusade» as a part of the Crusaders’ army.

The article is devoted to the study of medieval Scandinavian and domestic narrative sources for information about the peculiarities of the military confrontation and interaction between the Varangians and Ancient Rus.