Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum
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Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum (Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church) is a historical treatise written between 1073 and 1076 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
Importance [edit]
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, Wends and Danes.[citation needed]
The fourth book describes the geography of Scandinavia and the Baltic region as well as Iceland, Greenland and Vinland (North America), being the oldest book mentioning (in chapter 38) a part of the North American continent.
References [edit]
Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum. English translation in History of the Archbishops of Bremen, translated with an introduction and notes by Francis J. Tschan. Columbia University Press. New York (1959).
