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3 unusual facts about Simon Grunau


Simon Grunau

Traditions of the Old Prussians, the indigenous people of the region prior to the Prussian Crusade and influx of German colonists, were used in an attempt to find a common ground.

Scholars agree that this addition was most probably borrowed from Adam of Bremen and his description of the Temple at Uppsala.

The only personal information available is what he wrote himself in his work: that he was a Dominican priest from Tolkemit (now Tolkmicko) near Frauenburg (now Frombork) just north of Elbing (Elbląg) in Royal Prussia.



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