Note 1536 — Chapter XII · REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY (continued 2)

Gesta Hammenb. eccl. pont., I, 1–5. This is taken from Einhard’s Vita Caroli magni (Beazley, Dawn, vol. ii, 1901, p. 533). Beazley, op. cit., pp. 514–548, gives an excellent résumé of the geography of Adam of Bremen. He asserts that Adam “possessed the geographical instinct; almost every mention he makes of persons, places, or nations is accompanied by some definition of their habitat or position” (ibid., p. 516).