Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum: origins, reception and significance
Title (alternative):
Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum
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Elektronische Ressource
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Taylor & Francis
Ort:
Milton
Date:
2022
Language:
Englisch
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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Imperial politics and visions of the North -- 2 Proselytus et advena: reading the opening lines of Adam's prologue in the light of biblical viewpoints on foreigners and converts -- 3 Sven Estridsen as Adam's informant -- 4 St. Olaf and Adam of Bremen's narrative pragmatics -- 5 Ad insulas Baltici. Role and reception of scholia in Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum -- 6 Adam of Bremen and the early (pre- 995) history of Norway -- 7 The eleventh- century Normans of Normandy in the view of Adam of Bremen -- 8 Religious conversions in Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum and in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum: a comparative approach -- 9 On the influence of Adam's Gesta on Yngvars saga víðfǫrla -- 10 Adam of Bremen and visions of the state in Early Medieval Scandinavia - a comparative approach to chiefdom, leadership, kingship, segmental tribes -- 11 Ars moriendi and figures of power in Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum -- 12 Female characters and the meaning of history in Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis -- 13 Of Gunnhildrs and Gyðas -- 14 At the edge of time: Adam of Bremen's imaginary North and Horror Vacui -- 15 Scythia and the Scythian Sea on the mental map of Adam of Bremen -- 16 Harald Bluetooth and the Western Slavs: cultural interactions in light of textual and archaeological sources -- 17 The description of the Oder (Odra) estuary in Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum . The oldest accounts of the river until the end of the twelfth century -- 18 Est sane maxima omnium, quas Europa claudit, civitatum. Adam of Bremen and the estimation of size and population of early medieval Wolin.
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edited by Grzegorz Bartusik, Radosław Biskup and Jakub Morawiec
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2023-04-12
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2022-10-24
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2023-04-12
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