Adam of Bremen
Also known as Adam of Bromen
11th-century German historian and chronicler
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Adam of Bremen was an 11th-century German historian and chronicler who wrote detailed accounts of the lands and peoples of northern Europe during his time. His writings are historically important because they provide some of the earliest and most detailed surviving descriptions of Scandinavia, the Baltic region, and other northern territories that few other contemporary sources documented.
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- Died
- ca. 1085
- Works
- 7
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5 total works indexed
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5 objects attributed to Adam of Bremen, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Adam's von Bremen Hamburgische Kirchengeschichte
Historia ecclesiastica continens religionis propagatae gesta, quae a temporibus Karoli Magni usque ad Henricum IIII acciderunt ... Nunc primum in lucem editus ... cura ac labore Erpoldi Lindenbruch
History of the spread of the Christl. Religion by the Hamburgian and Bremen Church in the neighboring north, from Charles the Great to Henry of the IV. Anm. by Carsten Miesegaes
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A facsimile of Adam of Bremen's magnum opus.
Adam of Bremen (Latin: Adamus Bremensis; German: Adam von Bremen; before 1050 – 12 October 1081/1085) was a German medieval chronicler. He lived and worked in the second half of the eleventh century. Adam is most famous for his chronicle Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum (Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church). He was "one of the foremost historians and early ethnographers of the medieval period".
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1080s deaths11th-century births11th-century German historians11th-century writers in LatinBiography articles needing translation from German WikipediaChroniclers from the Holy Roman EmpireHistory of Bremen (city)History of HamburgHistory of UppsalaPeople from MeissenYear of birth unknownYear of death uncertain
