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 Adalbert of Hamburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adalbert became subdeacon to the Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in 1032, later provost of the Halberstadt Cathedral, and Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in 1043 or 1045 with supremacy over the Scandinavian Peninsula and a great part of the Wend lands, and all territory north of the Elbe.
Adam of Bremen rumours Adalbert to have refused a candidacy as pope, resulting in the election of Clement II, to continue with the conversion of the Wends.
Archbishop Adalbert is characterized by Adam of Bremen as:
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 Adam of Bremen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1066 or 1067 he was invited by archbishop Adalbert of Bremen to join the Church of Bremen, who Adalbert believed would improve the literary reputation of his see.
Adam was accepted among the capitulars of Bremen, and by 1069 he appears as director of the cathedral's school.
Adam of Bremen benefited from his position and the missionary activity of the church of Bremen to gather all kind of information on the history and the geography of northern Germany.
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 ADALBERT VON BREMEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Adalbert von Bremen (auch: Albert, Adalbert I.), (* um 1000, † 16.
Adalbert stammte aus dem sächsischen Geschlecht der Grafen von Goseck (an der Saale), erzogen an der Domschule von Halberstadt, wurde hier auch Domherr und 1032 Domprobst.
Adalbert galt als erfahrener und ehrgeiziger Politiker, von vortrefflichem Lebenswandel, allerdings mit Hang zur Eitelkeit.
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 Adam of Bremen article - Adam of Bremen German chroniclers 11th century Meissen Latin Saxony October - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Adam of Bremen (also: Adam Bremensis) was one of the most important German chroniclers of the 11th century.
In 1068, he was invited by archbishop Adalbert of Bremen to come and write the history of Bremen/Hamburg and of the northern lands.
Upon his arrival, he was accepted among the capitulars of Bremen and appears as director of the cathedral's school in 1069.
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 Bremen
Bremen, Kentucky Bremen is a city located in 2000 census, the city had a total population of 365.
Bremen, Ohio Bremen is a village located in 2000 census, the village had a total population of 1,265.
Bremen Township, Minnesota Bremen Township is a township located in 2000 census, the township had a total population of...
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 ADALBERT - LoveToKnow Article on ADALBERT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Having attracted the notice of the German king, Henry III., Adalbert probably served as chancellor of the kingdom of Italy, and in 1045 was appointed archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, his province including the Scandinavian countries, as well as a larger part of North Germany.
Adalbert, who wished to free his lands entirely from the authority of the duke, aroused further hostility by an attack on the privileges of the great abbeys, and after the emperor's death in 1056 his lands were ravaged by Bernard.
Adalbert was a man of proud and haughty bearing, with large ideas and a strong, enereetic character.
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 Adam of Bremen
Adam of Bremen (also: Adam Bremensis) was invited by archbishop Adalbert of Bremen to come and write the history of Bremen/Hamburg and of the northern lands.
Adam of Bremen most well known work is the Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum (Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church), four books about the history of the archbishopry of Hamburg-Bremen, and the isles of the north.
Adam of Bremen personally visited king Svend Estridson, who had knowledge of history and geography of these regions.
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 Archbishopric of Bremen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Archbishopric of Bremen was an ecclesiastical state in the Holy Roman Empire.
It did not include the city of Bremen, but rather the area to the north of it, between the Weser and Elbe Rivers.
The state was secularized by the Lutherans in 1558, and was given to Sweden by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, which also fully recognized the secularization, and changed the territory's status from an Archbishopric to a Duchy.
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 Citybrowser: Bremen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Bremen is the second largest seaport and maritime trading city in Germany, carrying on a considerable trade in grain, cotton and tobacco.
Bremen is famous for a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, the Town Musicians of Bremen.
Bremen was invited by archbishop Adalbert of Bremen to come and write the history of Hamburg and of the Northern lands.
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 Vinland. Who is Vinland? What is Vinland? Where is Vinland? Definition of Vinland. Meaning of Vinland.
Vinland was first recorded by Adam of Bremen, a geographer and historian.
In 1068 Adam came, at the invitation of Archbishop Adalbert of Bremen, to write a detailed history.
Adam of Bremen in his Descriptio insularum Aquilonis wrote that the name Vinland comes from huge amounts of grapes growing there (Praeterea unam adhuc insulam recitavit a multis in eo repertam occeano, quae dicitur Winland, eo quod ibi vites sponte nascantur, vinum optimum ferentes).
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Adalbert
During the regency of Empress Agnes, Adalbert lost his hold on the court, and the young Emperor, Henry IV, fell under the influence of Anno, Archbishop of Cologne.
In extenuation of Adalbert's eagerness to obtain privileges for his archdiocese it must be recalled that he had sacrificed much in the royal service, and that his influence was ever for the more open and straightforward course of action, in contradistinction to that of the opposition party.
Archbishop Adalbert is characterized by Adam of Bremen as minax vultu et habitu verborumque altitudine suspectus audientibus.
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 Adam Of Bremen [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In 1066 or 1067 he was invited by archbishop Adalbert of BremenArchbishop Adalbert of Hamburg-Bremen was born about 1000 and died March 16, 1072, at Goslar.
Bremen is one of two towns belonging to the state of Bremen, the other being Bremerhaven.
It is a continuation of Deeds of bishops of the Hamburg Church by Adam von Bremen.
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 Adam of Bremen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Adam of Bremen (also: Adam Bremensis) was invited by archbishop Adalbert of Bremen to comeand write the history of Bremen / Hamburg andof the northern lands.
Then thearchbishop of Hamburg-Bremen had a falling-out with the pope and in 1105 a separate archbishopric for the North was established in Lund.
Adam of Bremen personally visited king Svend Estridson, whohad knowledge of history and geography of these regions.
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 Adam of Bremen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Adam of Bremen (also: Adam Bremensis) was invited by Adalbert of Bremen to come and write history of Bremen / Hamburg and of the northern lands.
Bremen was a major trading town and traders and missionaries went from there to different locations.
Adam of Bremen visited king Svend Estridson who had knowledge of history and of these regions.
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 Adam of Bremen. Who is Adam of Bremen? What is Adam of Bremen? Where is Adam of Bremen? Definition of Adam of Bremen. ...
Adam of Bremen was invited by archbishop Adalbert of Bremen to come and write the history of Hamburg and of the Northern lands.
His book in geography, Descriptio insularum Aquilonis, is the first known European record that mentions Vinland, a land centuries later called America.
For three hundred years Hamburg, beginning with bishop Ansgar, then the Hamburg-Bremen archbishopric had been designated as the "Mission of the North" and had jurisdiction over all missions in Scandinavia, Northern Russia, Iceland and Greenland.
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 Catholic Encyclopedia: ADAM OF BREMEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
He came to Bremen in 1068, at the invitation of Archbishop Adalbert of Bremen, in the 24th year of that prelate's reign.
Shortly after his arrival at Bremen he made a journey to the Danish King Svend Estridson (1047-76), who enjoyed a great reputation for his knowledge of the history and geography of the Northern lands.
He also learned much from Archbishop Adalbert himself, who took great interest in the Northern missions and was well informed about the lands where they were located.
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 Adalbert von Bremen - netlexikon
März 1072 in Goslar) war Erzbischof von Hamburg und Bremen (1043-1072) sowie eine der führenden Persönlichkeiten des Reiches zu Zeiten Heinrichs IV.
Adalbert versuchte, in Hamburg ein Patriarchat zu errichten und über dies Ansinnen hinaus die alleinige Gerichtsbarkeit in seiner Diözese zu beanspruchen, wodurch er sich viele sächsische Feudalherren, insbesondere die Billunger, zu erbitternden Feinden machte.
Albert von Bremen; Adalbert I. Erzbischof von Hamburg und Bremen
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 EB1911:Adalbert (archbishop) - Wikisource
The presence of this powerful and active personality, who was moreover a close friend of the emperor, was greatly resented by the Saxon duke, Bernard II., who regarded him as a spy sent by Henry into Saxony.
He died at Goslar on the 16th or 17th of March 1072, and was buried in the cathedral which he had built at Bremen.
Adalbert was a man of proud and haughty bearing, with large ideas and a strong, energetic character.
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 Bremen : Introduction | Frommers.com
Bremen, Germany's oldest coastal city, is second only to Hamburg among German ports.
Bremen grew from a little fishing settlement on a sandy slope of a river.
In the 11th century, under the progressive influence of Archbishop Adalbert, Bremen became known as the "Rome of the North." During the Middle Ages, it was one of the strongest members of the Hanseatic League, and in 1646 it became a free imperial city.
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 Henrik Janson | Humanistiska fakulteten vid Göteborgs universitet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In Scandinavia the incorporation in the Frankish-Roman sphere also marks the beginning of the `Middle ages', which therefore is not to be understood as a chronological epoch, but as a sphere of culture with well defined borders to the surrounding barbarism.
It is found very probable that the conflict in Sweden over papal legitimacy reflected in Gregory's letter is identical with the conflict around 1060 between archbishop Adalbert of Bremen and a Bishop Osmund at the royal court of King Emund of Sweden.
The papal curia around 1060 maintained a policy in the North that was hostile to Adalbert of Bremen.
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 Adalbert of Bremen - TheBestLinks.com - Adalbert von Bremen, Hamburg, March 16, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, ...
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1000 - March 16, 1072) - archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen, political figure, papal legate, Vikar des Nordens, one of the regents of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
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 Adam Of Bremen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Players and officials of Werder Bremen have expressed caution on being paired with Swiss...
Groomsmen were John Candler Sr., of Perry, Brandon Henderson of Bremen, Eric Holland of Villa Rica, Kris Kubler of Alpharetta, and Richard Adam Roth of...
The Bremen Braves Booster Club is hosting a fundraiser from 7 pm to midnight Friday Aug....
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 Encyclopedia: Adam of Bremen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Bremen lies in North Germany 50km South of the North Sea.
Lund is a city in Scania in southernmost Sweden, and the center of the Lund Municipality.
The Temple at Uppsala was a Temple in Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala), near modern Uppsala, Sweden, created to worship the Norse gods of ancient times.
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 Adam of Bremen Article, AdamBremen Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Adam of Bremen (also: Adam Bremensis) was invited by archbishop Adalbert of Bremen to come and write the history of Bremen / Hamburg and of the northern lands.
For three hundred years Hamburg, beginning with bishop Ansgar,the Hamburg-Bremen archbishopric had been designated as the "Mission of the North" and had jurisdiction over all missions in Scandinavia, North-Western Russia, Iceland and Greenland.
Adam of Bremen most well known work is the Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum (Deeds of Bishops of theHamburg Church), four books about the history of the archbishopry of Hamburg-Bremen, and the isles of the north.
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 BISTUM BREMEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Das Bistum Bremen ist ein untergegangenes Bistum der römisch-katholischen Kirche in Deutschland.
Das Bistum Bremen bestand von 787 bis 1648.
So stand das Bistum Bremen theoretisch bereits seit 848 unter der Administration des Erzbischofs von Hamburg, praktisch jedoch erst seit ca.
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 Bremen
It was made an archbishopric in 845, and under Archbishop Adalbert (1043–72) it included all of Scandinavia, Iceland, and Greenland.
It stubbornly fought to preserve this status after the archbishopric had been assigned to Sweden by the Peace of Westphalia and later was ceded (1719) by Sweden to the elector of Hanover (George I of England).
Adalbert - Adalbert, 1043–72, German churchman, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, a diocese that included...
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 Adalbert on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Entrevista / Adalbert Perre Jean / Solicitan ayuda para Haiti.(Internacional)
Adalbert Stifter and the Scope of Realism.(Critical Essay)
TIMOTHY PASEK, pastor at St. Adalbert Catholic Church in Queens, N.Y., was removed from the church and dismissed from the order of the Conventual Franciscans after it became known that he had married his...
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 Today in History - October 12
Church records indicate Adam of Bremen died this day, though the year is uncertain.
He was invited by archbishop Adalbert of Bremen to write the history of Hamburg and of the Northern lands.
His general credibility and love of truth have never been seriously challenged, and his impartiality is shown by the way in which he records the weaknesses of Adalbert, with whom he had a close relationship and whom he admired.
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