About Janet L. B. Martin
Born 1945. Janet L. B. Martin is an American professor, writer, historian, medievalist and university teacher.
Janet Louise Block Martin (born 24 January 1945 ) 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.
Biography Martin obtained her PhD in Russian history at the University of Chicago in 1980. Reviewer Maureen Helena Berry (1982) called the variety of sources Martin used "impressive".
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. (based on her 1980 PhD dissertation, originally published in 1986) (original). Later editions: (first published) (digital printing 2004)
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American historian, professor and author
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Janet L. B. Martin was born in 1945.
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