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Saxo Grammaticus, or The Lettered, one of the notable historians of the Middle Ages, may fairly be called not only the earliest chronicler of Denmark, but her earliest writer. In the latter half of the twelfth century, when Iceland was in the flush of literary production, Denmark lingered behind. No literature in her vernacular, save a few Runic inscriptions, has survived. Monkish annals, devotional works, and lives were written in Latin; but the chronicle of Roskild, the necrology of Lund, the register of gifts to the cloister of Sora, are not literature. Neither are the half-mythological genealogies of kings; and besides, the mass of these, though doubtless based on older verses that are lost, are not proved to be, as they stand, prior to Saxo. One man only, Saxos elder contemporary, Sueno Aggonis, or Sweyn (Svend) Aageson, who wrote about 1185, shares or anticipates the credit of attempting a connected record. His brief draft of annals is written in rough mediocre Latin. It names but a few of the kings recorded by Saxo, and tells little that Saxo does not. Yet there is a certain link between the two writers. Sweyn speaks of Saxo with respect; he not obscurely leaves him the task of filling up his omissions. Both writers, servants of the brilliant Bishop Absalon, and probably set by him upon their task, proceed, like Geoffrey of Monmouth, by gathering and editing mythical matter. This they more or less embroider, and arrive in due course insensibly at actual history. Both, again, thread their stories upon a genealogy of kings in part legendary. Both write at the spur of patriotism, both to let Denmark linger in the race for light and learning, and desirous to save her glories, as other nations have saved theirs, by a record. But while Sweyn only made a skeleton chronicle, Saxo leaves a memorial in which historian and philologist find their account. His seven later books are the chief Danish authority for the times which they relate; his first nine, here translated, are a treasure of myth and folk-lore. Of the songs and stories which Denmark possessed from the common Scandinavian stock, often her only native record is in Saxos Latin. Thus, as a chronicler both of truth and fiction, he had in his own land no predecessor, nor had he any literary tradition behind him. Single-handed, therefore, he may be said to have lifted the dead-weight against him, and given Denmark a writer. The nature of his work will be discussed presently The Danish History - OMACL The Danish History Books I-IX Book Nine Online Medieval and Classical Library Release 28a After Gotrik's death reigned his son OLAF; who desirous to avenge his Besmirch Define Besmirch at Dictionarycom Besmirch definition to soil; tarnish; discolor See more Ragnar Lodbrok - Wikipedia Ragnar Lodbrok features prominently in: Edwin Atherstone's novel Sea-Kings in England; Edison Marshall's 1951 novel The Viking; Richard Parker's 1957 historical novel Leprosy: History of a Bacterial Scourge Medieval Diseases Leprosy causes deformaties of the skull seen in this medieval skull from Winchester UK Credit: Image courtesy of University of Winchester Leprosy is much less The Danish History Books I - IX - OMACL The Danish History Books I-IX by Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned") fl Late 12th - Early 13th Century AD Online Medieval and Classical Library Release 28b Gesta Danorum - Wikipedia 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") Browse By Author: S - Project Gutenberg Saar Ferdinand von Smtliche Werke 9: Novellen aus sterreich III Leutnant Burda / Seligmann Hirsch / Die Troglodytin / Ginevra / Geschichte eines Wienerkindes Ref Define Ref at Dictionarycom Ref definition referee See more Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition In the Footsteps of Ivarr the Boneless - The History Files Anglo-Saxon Britain In the Footsteps of Ivarr the Boneless by Mick Baker drawn from the Channel 4 series and a feature by Geoffrey van Leeuwen 30 November 2003 Saxo Grammaticus - Wikipedia Life The Jutland Chronicle gives evidence that Saxo was born in Zealand (Danish: Sjlland) It is unlikely he was born before 1150 and it is supposed that his death
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