The Sanctuaries in Uppsala and Lejre and their Literary Antecedents

ABSTRACT: Much weight has been attached to the description of a pagan cult at Uppsala written about in Adam of Bremen’s Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae pontificum, although this description was already anachronistic by the time he wrote in the 1070s. Many scholars have tried to salvage some hard hist...

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Published in:Religionsvidenskabeligt tidsskrift
Main Author: Simek, Rudolf 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Univ. 2022
In: Religionsvidenskabeligt tidsskrift
Further subjects:B Adam of Bremen
B clerical sources for pre-Christian religion
B Uppsala
B Lejre
B Thietmar of Merseburg
B Pre-Christian cult sites
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