Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum
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Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum is a historical treatise written between 1075 and 1080 by Adam of Bremen. It covers the period from 788 to the time it was written. The treatise consist of:
- Liber I
- Liber II
- Liber III
- Descriptio insularum aquilonis (A description of the northern islands)
- M. Adami epilogus ad liemarum episcopum
[edit] Importance
The manuscript is one of the most important sources of the early Northern German and Scandinavian history and geography. It covers the relations between Saxons, Wendians and Danes.[citation needed]
The fourth book describes the geography of Scandinavia and the baltic regions as well as Iceland, Greenland and Vinland (North America), being the oldest book mentioning (in chapter 38) a part of the North American continent.
