Gesta Danorum
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Gesta Danorum is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th-century author Saxo Grammaticus. It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark and is an essential source for the n
Gesta Danorum (Angers Fragment), page 1, front
Bishop Ansgar, etching by the Danish-Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe (1857–1945)
Front page of Christiern Pedersen's Saxo version, Paris 1514.
Saxo Grammaticus
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Saxo Grammaticus, also known as Saxo cognomine Longus, was a Danish historian, theologian, and author. He is thought to have been a clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, the main advisor
Gesta Danorum
…Gesta Danorum ("Deeds of the Danes") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th-century author Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Grammarian"). It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark and is an essential source for the nation's early history…
Saxo by the Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe