Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus

Name: Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus
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ISBN: 9781598185607

ISBN-10: 1598185608

ISBN-13: 9781598185607

Edition: 2006

Authors: Saxo Grammaticu

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Also known as Saxo cognomine Longus, he was a Danish historian, theologian and author, thought to have been a clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, foremost advisor to Valdemar I of Denmark. He is the author of the first full history of Denmark. 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 of the volumes are the stuff of myth and legend, delightful tales of mythic Norse persons and circumstances. This book is comprised of…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Aegypan
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 292
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English