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Treasure of the Land of Darkness (1986) by Janet Martin

Janet Louise Block Martin (born 24 January 1945[1]) is an American historian specialising in Old East Slavic literature and medieval history of Kievan Rus' and its successors. She is Professor Emerita at the Department of History at the University of Miami.[2]

Biography

Martin obtained her PhD in Russian history at the University of Chicago in 1980.[2] Her PhD dissertation was titled Treasure of the Land of Darkness: A Study of the Fur Trade and its Significance for Medieval Russia (X-XVI Centuries).[3] Reviewer Maureen Helena Berry (1982) called the variety of sources Martin used "impressive".[3]

Works

Monographs

  • Martin, Janet, Treasure of the Land of Darkness: A Study of the Fur Trade and its Significance for Medieval Russia (X-XVI Centuries) (1980). University of Chicago. PhD dissertation.
    • Martin, J. (2004). Treasure of the Land of Darkness: The Fur Trade and Its Significance for Medieval Russia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-54811-3. Retrieved 21 April 2024. (based on her 1980 PhD dissertation, originally published in 1986)
  • Martin, Janet (1993). Medieval Russia: 980–1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521368324. (original). Later editions:
  • Engel, B.A.; Martin, J. (2015). Russia in World History. New Oxford world history. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-994789-8. Retrieved 21 April 2024.

Book chapters (selection)

Journal articles (selection)

References

  1. ^ "Martin, Janet, 1945-". Library of Congress. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Department of History". University of Miami. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b Berry, Maureen Helena (1982) "Doctoral research [1982, Vol. 9, no. 2]," Accounting Historians Journal: Vol. 9 : Iss. 2 , Article 8.