ABSTRACT
Adam of Bremen left behind a work that is an extremely important historical source for the history of Northern and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages. His vast knowledge and broad horizons were not limited to his own part of the continent. He was also fascinated by the history of the Normans and their expansion to the west, about which he included information in his chronicle. The purpose of this paper is therefore to show Adam’s vision in relation to newcomers from Normandy, and in particular to the person of William the Conqueror, who also appears on the pages of the work of our chronicler. The deeds of this prince in relation to the rulers of Scandinavia, as presented in Adam’s Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum, also reveal the attitude of the Germans to the conquest of England and Normandy’s contacts with Denmark.
