Written around 1080, one of the oldest written sources on pre-Christian Scandinavian religious practices is Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum.

The earliest etymology of " Vinland " is found in Adam of Bremen's 11th century Latin Descriptio insularum Aquilonis (" Description of the Northern Islands "): " Moreover, he has also reported one island discovered by many in that ocean, which is called Winland, for the reason that grapevines grow there by themselves, producing the best wine.

* Start of the period covered in Adam of Bremen's history of the archbishopry of Hamburg.

Scholars disagree about the various, too often contradictory, accounts of his life given in sources from his era of history, such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum, and the Heimskringla, a 13th-century work by Icelandic author Snorri Sturluson.

Many negative accounts build on Adam of Bremen's writings ; Adam is said to have watched Sweyn and Scandinavia in general with an " unsympathetic and intolerant eye ", according to some scholars.

However, Widukind does not even mention such an event in his contemporary Res gestae saxonicae sive annalium libri tres or " Deeds of the Saxons ", which, considering Widukind was at least partly writing to promote Otto I and his family, is damning to Adam of Bremen's claims.

A cleric named " Poppa ", perhaps the same one, also appears in Adam of Bremen's history, but in connection with Eric of Sweden, who had supposedly conquered Denmark ( there is no evidence that this happened anywhere else ).

Adam of Bremen's claim regarding Otto I and Harald appears to have been inspired by an attempt to manufacture a historical reason for the archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen to claim jurisdiction over Denmark ( and thus the rest of Scandinavia ); in the 1070s, the Danish King was in Rome asking for Denmark to have its own arch-bishop, and Adam's account of Harald's supposed conversion ( and baptism of both him and his " little son " Sweyn, with Otto serving as Sweyn's godfather ) is followed by the unambiguous claim that " At that time Denmark on this side of the sea, which is called Jutland by the inhabitants, was divided into three dioceses and subjected to the bishopric of Hamburg.

The oldest narrative source mentioning him briefly is Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum ( c. 1070 ).

Our knowledge of Olof is mostly based on Snorri Sturluson's and Adam of Bremen's accounts, which have been subject to criticism from source-critical scholars.

The later Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus made use of and expanded Adam of Bremen's account in his Gesta Danorum ( ca.

Parallels have been pointed out between the description of Urðarbrunnr at the base of the world tree Yggdrasil and Christian medieval chronicler Adam of Bremen's account of a well at the base of a sacred tree at the Temple at Uppsala, Sweden, found in his 11th century work Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum.

The Temple at Uppsala was a religious center in Norse paganism once located at what is now Gamla Uppsala ( Swedish " Old Uppsala "), Sweden attested in Adam of Bremen's 11th century work Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum and in Heimskringla, written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century.

Rudolf Simek says that, regarding Adam of Bremen's account of the temple, " Adam's sources for this information are of extremely varying reliability, but the existence of a temple at Uppsala is undisputed.

Andy Orchard states that " it is unclear to what extent Adam of Bremen's description has a basis in historical fact rather than lurid fiction " yet that Adam's account contains " a good deal of useful information ( as well as considerable speculation ).

Anund Gårdske or Anund of Gårdarike, was the king of Sweden c. 1070 according to Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum.

A scholion in Adam of Bremen's History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen ( written 1070s – early 1080s ) says that Håkan was elected king after Stenkil's son Halsten had been deposed, and after Anund Gårdske also had been rejected.

The first written mention of a bishop at Uppsala is from Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum that records in passing Adalvard the Younger appointed as the bishop for Sictunam et Ubsalam in the 1060s.

The early part of the work is in many cases based on Adam of Bremen's Descriptio insularum Aquilonis, sometime even direct quotes, however the author only takes what he needs and the meaning is not always the same.

In Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum, there is an account of how the king's son, Sweyn Forkbeard, raised a rebellion against him, forcing him to flee to Jomsborg.

He published Ragnvald Ingemundsson's Latin translation of the law of Magnus Eriksson, in 1614, Ericus Olai's Swedish chronicle ( 1615 ), the Old Prose Chronicle and the Small Rhyme Chronicle, Adam of Bremen's description of Scandinavia and the beginning of the Large Rhyme Chronicle.

Two of her best-known skits included her as an elderly Jewish woman on Coffee Talk with Mike Myers, and her acting as Amanda Woodward in a Wayne's World skit with Myers, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, and Phil Hartman, where Wayne has a dream that he is a character on Melrose Place.

The elements of the narrative include some of the best-known stories in the Bible — the Creation itself, Adam and Eve, and Cain and Abel — followed by the genealogies tracing the descendants of Cain and Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve.

with Lucille Ball, although as Bologna's other best-known film roles are that of temperamental 1950s television star Stan " King " Kaiser in the 1982 comedy hit My Favorite Year, starring Peter O ' Toole and of Lenny Koufax, the frustrated father of Sonny Koufax, who was played by Adam Sandler in the 1999 comedy Big Daddy.

It is named after Adam Klein, a German immigrant whose best-known great-great-grandson is singer Lyle Lovett.

Mead's best-known athletic alums are former Gonzaga star and former Los Angeles Lakers player Adam Morrison and former Washington State University and current Detroit Lions kicker Jason Hanson who is currently the 4th all-time NFL leading scorer.

As early as 1776, Adam Smith wrote in The Wealth Of Nations: `` We have no acts of Parliament against combining to lower the price of work ; ;

It becomes most evident in his description of Christ as the second Adam, who does indeed come to destroy sin, but whose work culminates in the achievement of immortality.

No texts survive from this area, though the written text Vita Ansgari (" The life of Ansgar ") by Rimbert ( c. 865 ) describes the missionary work of Ansgar around 830 at Birka, and Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum ( Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church ) by Adam of Bremen in 1075 describes the archbishop Unni, who died at Birka in 936.

As Adalvard was back in Bremen already by 1069 and is mentioned as one of Adam's sources of information, it would have been expected that word about Birka's destruction had reached also Adam before he published his work half a decade later.

In his book the Blitzkrieg Legend, German historian Karl-Heinz Frieser also shares Adam Tooze ' ( in his work The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy ), Overy's and Naveh's concerns over the myth of the blitzkrieg economic and strategy.

However Robert Spitzer later criticized his own work on it in an interview with Adam Curtis saying it led to the medicalization of 20-30 percent of the population who may not have had any serious mental problems.

This work was recently ( 2011 ) translated into the English language by David J. Miller and Adam C McCollum ( edited by Roger Pearse ) and was published under the name " Eusebius of Caesarea: Gospel Problems and Solutions.

Then in the modern day the biblical serpent is replaced by Eve's gossiping neighbor and Eve becomes a sexy flapper and fashion model when Adam is at work.

Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, often considered the first work on modern economics.

Written in 1776 by Adam Smith, a Scottish moral philosopher, The Wealth of Nations aims for efficient organization of work through Specialization of labor.

This classic approach included the work of Adam Smith and David Ricardo.

Rashi interprets his father's statement of the naming of Noah ( in Hebrew נ ֹ ח ַ) “ This one will comfort ( in Hebrew – yeNaHamainu י ְ נ ַ ח ֲ מ ֵ נו ) from our work and our hands sore from the land that the Lord had cursed ”, by saying Noah heralded a new era of prosperity, when there was easing ( in Hebrew – nahah – נחה ) from the curse from the time of Adam when the Earth produced thorns and thistles even where men sowed wheat and that Noah then introduced the plow.

This work is traditionally cited with the initials AT ( for Adam and Tannery ) followed by a volume number in Roman numerals ; thus AT VII refers to Oeuvres de Descartes volume 7.

Spike Jonze ( born Adam Spiegel ; October 22, 1969 ) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television.

In the period from 2003 to 2011, Mudawi Ibrahim Adam was repeatedly arrested for charges related to his human rights work with the group Sudan Social Development Organization.

Before filming began, several of the film's stars, including Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, Giovanni Ribisi, and Tom Hanks, endured ten days of " boot camp " training and work on the film set to prepare for their roles.

Adam Smith used the phrase in his 1776 book The Wealth of Nations, and David Ricardo titled one chapter of his 1817 work Principles of Political Economy and Taxation " On the Influence of Demand and Supply on Price ".

* Liberally adapted by playwright Wallace Shawn, the work was brought back to Broadway by the Roundabout Theatre Company in March 2006 with Alan Cumming playing Macheath, Nellie McKay as Polly, Cyndi Lauper as Jenny, Jim Dale as Mr Peachum, Ana Gasteyer as Mrs Peachum, Carlos Leon as Filch, Adam Alexi-Malle as Jacob and Brian Charles Rooney as a male Lucy.

Viking tendencies were often misreported and the work of Adam of Bremen, among others, told largely disputable tales of Viking savagery and uncleanliness.

Adam Fergusson pointed out that in 1923 during the great Inflation in the Weimar Republic Gresham's Law began to work in reverse, since the official money became so worthless that virtually nobody would take it.

Beatus followed the views of Saint Augustine whose work, The City of God, influenced the Commentaries which followed the premise that the History of the World was structured in six ages: the first five ones extended between the creation of Adam, and the Passion of Jesus, while the sixth, subsequent to Christ and contemporary to us, had to end with the unleashing of the happenings prophesied by the book of Revelation.

To one of these additions — that to an ancient utterance concerning the " Book of Adam, the First Man ,"— this statement is appended: " Ashi and Ravina are the last representatives of independent decision ( hora ' ah )", an evident reference to the work of these two in editing the Babylonian Talmud, which as an object of study and a fountainhead of practical " decision " was to have the same importance for the coming generations as the Mishnah had had for the Amoraim.

When Adam arrives at work, he finds that he has been assigned the case ( on the side of the prosecution ).