Saxo Grammaticus (Volume 1): Gesta Danorum: The History of the Danes
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198205236
ISBN13:9780198205234
Release Date:May 2015
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:880 Pages
Weight:2.50 lbs.
Dimensions:2.2" x 5.5" x 8.6"
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