Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum: origins, reception and significance
"Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum is one of the most important accounts documenting the history, geography and ethnology of Northern and Central-Eastern Europe in the period between the ninth and eleventh centuries. Its author, a canon of the archdiocese of Hambur...
| Subtitles: | Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum |
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| Contributors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic/Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London New York, NY
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in medieval history and culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Adam, von Bremen -1081, Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Hamburg Region (Germany) Church history B Bremen Region (Germany) Church history B Catholic Church Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen History To 1500 B Adam von Bremen (active 11th century) Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum |
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| Summary: | "Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum is one of the most important accounts documenting the history, geography and ethnology of Northern and Central-Eastern Europe in the period between the ninth and eleventh centuries. Its author, a canon of the archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen, remains an almost anonymous figure but his text is an essential source for the study of the early medieval Baltic. However, despite its undisputed status, past scholarship has tended to treat Adam of Bremen's account as, on the one hand, an historically accurate document, or, alternatively, a literary artefact containing few, if any, reliable historical facts. The studies collected in this volume investigate the origins and context of the Gesta and will enable researchers to better understand and evaluate the historical veracity of the text"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturangaben |
| ISBN: | 1032121033 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4324/9781003223030 |