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Gesta Danorum ("Deeds of the Danes") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th-century author Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Literate", literally "the Grammarian").[1] It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark and is an essential source for the nation's early history.[2] It is also one of the oldest known written documents about the history of Estonia and Latvia.
Consisting of sixteen books written in Latin on the invitation of Archbishop Absalon, Gesta Danorum describes Danish history and to some degree Scandinavian history in general, from prehistory to the late 12th century. In addition, Gesta Danorum offers singular reflections on European affairs in the High Middle Ages from a unique Scandinavian perspective, supplementing what has been handed down by historians from Western and Southern Europe.
^Hermanson, Lars (2005). "Friendship and Politics in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum". Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire. 83 (2): 261–284. doi:10.3406/rbph.2005.4922.
^Kisor, Yvette; Osborn, Marijane (2007-07-01). "Harthgrepa (from Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum, Book I)". ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews. 20 (3): 61–65. doi:10.3200/ANQQ.20.3.61-65. ISSN 0895-769X.
GestaDanorum ("Deeds of the Danes") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th-century author Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Literate", literally...
a Danish ruler. The first to do so is Saxo Grammaticus in his work GestaDanorum (c. 1200). This work mixes Norse legend with data about Danish history...
the Skjöldunga saga. In the GestaDanorum I.e. Hrólfr Kraki's saga The Chronicon Lethrense/Annales Lundenses, GestaDanorum and the Skjöldunga saga The...
Grammaticus, who devotes to it parts of the third and fourth books of his GestaDanorum, completed at the beginning of the 13th century. Saxo's version is supplemented...
Baldr (Old Norse: [ˈbɑldz̠]; also Balder, Baldur) is a god in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, he is a son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg...
mentions a Yuletide sacrifice of a boar to Freyr. The 12th Century Danish GestaDanorum describes Freyr, under the name Frø, as the "viceroy of the gods". That...
translation at Northvegr GestaDanorum: Book 2 of GestaDanorum at the Online Medieval & Classical library Book 6 of GestaDanorum at the Online Medieval...
preserved in Latin by 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his GestaDanorum, and printed in Paris in 1514. The Amleth story was subsequently adapted...
saga Völsunga saga as the ancestor of the horse Grani, and book I of GestaDanorum, written in the 12th century by Saxo Grammaticus, contains an episode...
King Eirík and took up embroidery. Saxo Grammaticus in Book 5 of his GestaDanorum introduces Ericus Desertus, that is Erik the Eloquent, son of a champion...
displaced by Harthacnut's son, Gorm. In the late and legend-influenced GestaDanorum of Saxo Grammaticus, Harthacnut appears as Knut. He is described as...
nothing of this, but instead he has Helgo humiliate the Swedes in his GestaDanorum, book 2. He also confused, or merged, Helgo with Helgi Hundingsbane...
saga. When Ragnar died, Björn Ironside became the king of Sweden. The GestaDanorum (book 9) by Saxo Grammaticus also mentions Eysteinn, but only in passing...
named in the GestaDanorum are considered legendary and unverified on account of the unreliability of the work itself. The GestaDanorum was written in...
in a long list of legendary Danish kings given by Saxo Grammaticus (GestaDanorum). All other sources name them as kings of the Angles, though according...
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