Author: Saxo (Grammaticus)
Publisher: D. S. Brewer
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Author: Niels Lund
Publisher:
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Category : Denmark
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Author: Karsten Friis-Jensen
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
ISBN: 9788788073324
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Author: Saxo Grammaticus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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Now Dan and Angul, with whom the stock of the Danes begins, were begotten of Humble, their father, and were the governors and not only the founders of our race. (Yet Dudo, the historian of Normandy, considers that the Danes are sprung and named from the Danai.) And these two men, though by the wish and favour of their country they gained the lordship of the realm, and, owing to the wondrous deserts of their bravery, got the supreme power by the consenting voice of their countrymen, yet lived without the name of king: the usage whereof was not then commonly resorted to by any authority among our people. Of these two, Angul, the fountain, so runs the tradition, of the beginnings of the Anglian race, caused his name to be applied to the district which he ruled. This was an easy kind of memorial wherewith to immortalise his fame: for his successors a little later, when they gained possession of Britain, changed the original name of the island for a fresh title, that of their own land.

Author: Saxo Grammaticus
Publisher: Alan Rodgers Books
ISBN: 9781598185607
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Saxo Grammaticus, who's believed to have lived from 1150 until 1220 (though the dates are uncertain), wrote a sixteen-volume history of the Denmark that he lived in. Volumes X through XVI (oddly -- or perhaps not so oddly -- written first) are a conventional history of Saxo's day and age. But the first the volumes are the stuff of myth and legend, delightful tales of mythic Norse persons and circumstances. This book is comprised of those mythic volumes, and it's special stuff indeed.

Author: Grammaticus Saxo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789358591972
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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'The Danish History, Books I-IX' is an extraordinary historical work authored by Saxo Grammaticus, a renowned Danish historian and scholar. This enchanting book offers a comprehensive account of the early history of Denmark, providing readers with a rich tapestry of myths, legends, and historical events. He weaves these myths together with accounts of real historical figures, tracing the lineage of Danish rulers and their significant achievements. Through his meticulous storytelling, Saxo not only offers an engrossing narrative but also presents valuable insights into the cultural, social, and political landscape of ancient Denmark. The book delves into topics such as warfare, royal succession, and the customs and traditions of the Danish people, providing readers with a deeper understanding of this intriguing period in history. The story stands as a remarkable testament to Saxo Grammaticus' dedication to preserving Danish heritage and his skill in combining mythology and history.

Author: Saxo (Grammaticus)
Publisher: DS Brewer
ISBN: 9780859915021
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532

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In the early years of the thirteenth century the Danish writer Saxo Grammaticus provided his people with a History of the Danes, an account of their glorious past from the legendary kings and heroes of Denmark to the historical present. It isone of the major sources for the heroic and mythological traditions of northern Europe, though the complex Latin style and the wide range of material brought together from different sources have limited its use. Here Hilda Ellis Davidson, a specialist in Scandinavian mythology, together with the translator Peter Fisher, provides a full English edition; each of the first nine books is preceded by an introductory summary, and a detailed commentary follows on the folklore and life and customs of twelfth-century Denmark - including the sources of Hamlet, of which Saxo gives the earliest known account. HILDA ELLIS DAVIDSON's other books include The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England; PETER FISHER is also the translator of Olaus Magnus: A Description of the Northern Peoples. Both are available from Boydell & Brewer. `In the early years of the 13th century the Danish writer Saxo Grammaticus provided his people with a dignified and ambitious Latin account of their glorious past from the mythical past to the historical present -(He) collected the legends of Scandinavian gods and heroes, and arranged their exploits in a series of `biographies' which ostensibly formed an unbroken sequence. He took his tales from a variety of sources, and readers will find his collection of myths, folklore and fabulous history fascinating - An accurate and readable translation of the nine mythological books based on the best scholarly edition'. RUTH MORSE, BRITISH BOOK NEWS.

Author: Saxo (Grammaticus)
Publisher: Oxford Medieval Texts
ISBN: 019870576X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1000

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Saxo was probably a canon of Lund Cathedral, at that period a Danish cathedral, and lived at the end of the twelfth century. He was in the service of Archbishop Absalon, who encouraged him to write a history of his own country from the beginnings up to his own time, with a strong Christian bias. Starting with the myths and heroic tales of primitive Scandinavia, he devoted the first nine of his sixteen books to legendary material before dealing with the first kings of the Viking age and finished in 1285, after relating the earlier exploits of King Cnut Valdemarsson. The activities of the Danish kings were intimately bound up with the monarchies of Norway and Sweden; Cnut the Great, one of Saxo's heroes, whose empire stretched as far as Britain and Iceland, was ruler of both these countries. In the last books Saxo took particular concern to describe the campaigns of Valdemar the Great and his warrior archbishop, Absalon, against the Wends of North Germany. The work is a prosimetrum, that is, in six of the first nine books he inserts poems, which are intended to parallel specimens of old Danish heroic poetry in Latin metres. Saxo's Latin prose style is often complex, based as it is on models like Valerius Maximus and Martianus Capella, but he is a lively and compelling story-teller, often displaying a rather sly sense of humour, and an interest in the supernatural. He is the first author to give a full account of Hamlet, whose adventures he relates at some length, the elements of which in a great many respects correspond surprisingly closely with the characters and incidents of Shakespeare's play. Volume II of Saxo Grammaticus contains books 11-16 of Saxo's work, mainly dealing with the history of the first Danish kings.

Author: Saxo Grammaticus
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329902831
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Gesta Danorum - Deeds of the Danes In the early years of the thirteenth century the Danish writer Saxo Grammaticus provided his people with a History of the Danes, an account of their glorious past from the legendary kings and heroes of Denmark to king Gorm. It is one of the major sources for the heroic and mythological traditions of northern Europe, though the complex Latin style and the wide range of material brought together from different sources have limited its use.

Author: Saxo (Grammaticus)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Denmark
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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