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, but on the other, 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.

About the Author

Grzegorz Bartusik is assistant professor in the Institute of History at the University of Silesia in Katowice. His research focuses on cultural developments in medieval Iceland, especially influences of Latin culture on Old Norse/Icelandic literature.

Radoslaw Biskup is associate professor in the Institute of History and Archival Studies at the Nicolaos Copernicus University of Torun. His research focuses on history of the Baltic zone in the Middle Ages, especially ecclesiastical developments in the Teutonic Order in Prussia.

Jakub Morawiec is associate professor in the Institute of History at the University of Silesia in Katowice and head of the Center for Nordic and Old English Studies. His research focuses on the history of Scandinavia in the Middle Ages, the development of royal ideology and Icelandic skalds.

Book Information
ISBN 9781032121055
Author Grzegorz Bartusik
Format Paperback
Page Count 308
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g