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	Saxo Grammaticus
		As that event happened in 1158 we may conclude that Saxo was born about 1150, but we do not know where; from the favour shown to Zealand, it has been inferred that that was his birthplace.
		Saxo's history was written at the suggestion of Archbishop Absalon of Lund, who died in 1201 before the work was finished, whereupon the historian addressed himself to Absalon's successor Anders, who held the see until 1222.
		In his preface he modestly refers to himself as the least among the followers of Absalon, but it is not likely that the bishop would have entrusted to an obscure and unimportant man the important task of writing a history of his native land.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/s/saxo_grammaticus.html (771 words)

	Medieval Lithuania
		Saxo considered the evil counsellor Bicco, by whose advice Jarmeric killed Svanhild, to be the son of the Livian king, who escaped to Jarmeric from Hellespontian captivity.
		Saxo, however, did not understand this expression and thus ended the story by the second version, forcing Ragnar to generously return Daxon from exile and to be satisfied with the tribute.
		Saxo repeatedly ascribes to Frothi the raids of Hading on the Curonians and Andwan, the King of Hellespontians.
	viduramziu.lietuvos.net /en/vikings.htm (5958 words)

	Saxo Grammaticus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saxo, etching by the Danish-Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe (1857 – 1945)
		Saxo is the source for the semi-legendary Hamlet, whose tale has been adapted by several playwrights - most notably William Shakespeare.
		Saxo Grammaticus Danmarks krønike from «Kulturformidlingen norrøne tekster og kvad» Norway.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saxo_Grammaticus (462 words)

	Saxo Grammaticus - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Saxo, from his apprenticeship as the archbishop's secretary, had acquired a brilliant but somewhat euphuistic Latin style, and wrote fine Latin verses, but otherwise he does not seem to have had any very great learning or extensive reading.
		In this earlier history Saxo has also embodied myths of national gods who in tradition had become Danish kings, for instance, Balder and Hother, and of foreign heroes, likewise incorporated in Danish history, as the Gothic Jarmunrik (A.S. Eormenric), the Anglian Vermund (A.S. Garmund) and Uffe (A.S. Offa), the German Hedin and Hild, and others.
		Saxo's work was widely read during the middle ages, and several extracts of it were made for smaller chronicles.
	www.1911ency.org /S/SA/SAXO_GRAMMATICUS.htm (756 words)

	Northvegr - Saxo's The History of the Danes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		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.
		Of these men we know nothing further, unless the Saxo whom he names as one of Waldemar's admirals be his grandfather, in which case his family was one of some distinction and his father and grandfather probably "King's men".
		The expressions of modesty Saxo uses, saying that he was "the least" of Absalon's "followers", and that "all the rest refused the task", are not to be taken to the letter.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/saxo/000_01.php (1900 words)

	Shakespeare's Sources for Hamlet
		The sixteen books that comprise Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, or History of the Danes, tell of the rise and fall of the great rulers of Denmark, and the tale of Amleth, Saxo's Hamlet, is recounted in books three and four.
		Saxo's story was first printed in Paris in 1514, and Francois de Belleforest translated it into French in 1570, as part of his collection of tragic legends, Histoires Tragiques.
		Saxo's text did not appear in English until 1608, so either Shakespeare was fluent in French or he used another English source based on the French translation.
	www.shakespeare-online.com /sources/hamletsources.html (268 words)

	Saxo Grammaticus - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Saxo Grammaticus, c.1150-c.1220, the first important Danish historian.
		He was in the service of Absalon, archbishop of Lund, at whose suggestion Saxo wrote the Gesta Danorum (or Historia Danica).
		The cognomen grammaticus [learned] was probably bestowed on Saxo after his death.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-saxogram.html (243 words)

	saxobank.com - About Us - Who was Saxo?
		Although little is known about his life, Saxo was probably a cleric as it would have been unlikely for a layman at that time to have possessed his level of knowledge of theology and classical lore.
		Saxo's history of the Danes was written at the suggestion of the Archbishop Absalon of Lund, who died in 1201 before the work was finished.
		Saxo's works did not appear to have been very popular in his own time, mostly due to the rarity of people who spoke and could understand the form of Latin which Saxo wrote in.
	www.saxobank.com /?id=508&Lan=EN&Au=1&Grp=5 (383 words)

	Saxo Grammaticus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Saxo's Gesta Danorum (History of the Danes), which recounts the history of Denmark up to 1186 and includes Danish versions (in a somewhat Christianized form) the Scandinavian myths and sagas, including the earliest version of the Hamlet story, is the first major Danish contribution to world literature.
		Derfor kunne han bibringe en tro fortidsviden, og disse Saxos ord bragte for dagens lys, at der på hans tid, havde fandtes gamle sange på det danske sprog, som stammede fra landet selv, ikke fra Island.
		Med Saxo ophørte for længere tid den egentlige historieskrivning, og hvad middelalderens sidste halvdel har frembragt i Danmark var uden større betydning, selvom man siden var begyndt at skrive på dansk.
	runeberg.org /authors/saxo.html (521 words)

	The Danish History, Introduction (Part I)
		The evidence of Saxo to archaic law and customary institutions is pretty much (as we should expect) that to be drawn from the Icelandic Sagas, and even from the later Icelandic rimur and Scandinavian kaempe-viser.
		Saxo associates another set of enactments with the completion of a successful campaign of conquest over the Ruthenians, and shows Frode chiefly as a wise and civilising statesman, making conquest mean progress.
		It is Frode, too (though Saxo has carved a number of Frodes out of one or two kings of gigantic personality), that made the Saxons pay a poll-tax, a piece of money per head, using, like William the Conqueror, his extraordinary revenue to reward his soldiers, whom he first regaled with double pay.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/saxo/saxoint1.htm (8456 words)

	Saxo Grammaticus - Supernatural Beings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The gods spring, according to Saxo's belief, from a race of sorcerers, some of whom rose to pre-eminence and expelled and crushed the rest, ending the "wizard-age", as the wizards had ended the monster or "giant-age".
		Saxo may only be imitating the repeated catch-word "war" of the original.
		They sometimes meet heroes, as they met Helgi in the Eddic Lay (Helgi and Sigrun Lay), and help or begift them; they prepare the magic broth for Balder, are charmed with Hother's lute-playing, and bestow on him a belt of victory and a girdle of splendour, and prophesy things to come.
	www.normannii.org /guilds_lore/lore/saxo/saxo_intro13.htm (1523 words)

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		Other authors have acknowledged and commended Rydberg's work on Saxo Grammaticus' Danish History: "The first 9 books of Saxo form a labyrinth constructed out of the myths related as history, but the thread of Ariadne seems to be wanting.
		Saxo distorts the material, but he also had it in an older form than what survives in the Icelandic documents.
		With the aid of the moon-god Gevarus, he learns that this weapon (a sword forged by one of the Ivaldi sons, rivals to the creators of Thor's hammer) is held in Mimir's Holt and makes a journey after it.
	www.squirrel.com /asatru/nidhad/Rydberg,_An_Approach_to_Saxo.txt (952 words)

	The Danish History, Books I - IX - INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
		Saxo tells of Asmund's huge ship (Gnod), built high that he might shoot down on the enemy's craft; he speaks of a ship (such as Godwin gave as a gift to the king his master), and the monk of St.
		Saxo's traditions note drinking of a lion's blood that eats men as a means of gaining might and strength; the drinking of bear's blood is also declared to give great bodily power.
		But their evidence gains immensely by the existence of Saxo's nine books of traditional and mythic lore, collected and written down in an age when much that was antique and heathen was passing away forever.
	www.worldwideschool.com /library/books/hst/historyofotherareas/TheDanishHistoryBooksI-IX/Chap0.html (17879 words)

	IGL - KFJ bibliografi
		En analyse af 1931-udgavens Vergilparalleller, Copenhagen 1975 (Opuscula Graecolatina, 1); (with Claus Lund): Skjoldungernes Saga, Copenhagen 1984; Saxo Grammaticus as Latin poet.
		Vedels Saxo og den danske adel, Copenhagen 1993 (Studier fra Sprog- og oldtidsforskning, 320).
		`Was Saxo Grammaticus a Canon of Lund?', Cahiers de l'Institut du moyen-âge grec et latin 59 (1989) pp.
	www.igl.ku.dk /personale/kfj/kfj_bibl.html (1136 words)

	saxobank.com - Who was Saxo?
		Our name Saxo Bank is in recognition of our historical roots, to pay tribute to another group of pioneers seeking new frontiers: Our ancestors the Vikings.
		Saxo Grammaticus was a famous Danish historical figure — the first Danish historian to compose a comprehensive early history of the Danes.
		Born around 1150, Saxo lived in the 12th and 13th century, and wrote the work "Gesta Danorum".
	www.saxobank.com /?id=1007&Lan=EN&Au=1&Grp=5 (366 words)

	Saxo Grammaticus - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Saxo Grammaticus - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Saxo was secretary to the Danish archbishop Absalon; he is known only for his...
		The two main Icelandic mythological texts are known as the Eddas (“Eddal” is an Old Norse term, possibly derived from the words for madness and...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Saxo_Grammaticus.html (94 words)

	Gesta Danorum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Saxo's version, two brothers, Orvendil and Fengi are given the rule over Jutland by King Rørik Slyngebond of the Danes.
		Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum, from the Royal Library in Copenhagen, Danish and Latin.
		Frederik Winkel Horn, Saxo Grammaticus: Danmarks Krønike, Chr.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gesta_Danorum (1402 words)

	Legends - Shakespeare's Stories - Hamlet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Amleth, Prince of Denmark, from the Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus, edited by D. Ashliman, is at the University of Pittburgh.
		Saxo's tale of Amleth, written about 1185 C.E. but based on earlier materials, is source for the story that would become Shakespeare's Hamlet.
		The complete Gesta Danorum with extensive introductory notes is available in English as The Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus, in the Oliver Elton translation (Norroena Society, New York, 1905) at Berkeley.
	legends.duelingmodems.com /shakespeare/hamlet.html (490 words)

	Saxo Grammaticus - Wikipedia
		Saxo Grammaticus (* um 1140; † um 1220) war ein dänischer Geschichtsschreiber und Geistlicher.
		Saxo verfasste ab 1185 auf Veranlassung Bischof Absalons eine 16-bändige Geschichte Dänemarks in lateinischer Sprache, die Gesta Danorum (Die Taten der Dänen).
		Die ältere Forschung ging lange Zeit davon aus, dass Saxo zumindest in den ersten neun der insgesamt sechzehn Bücher seines Werkes hauptsächlich auf Sagenhaftes aus den altnordischen Heldensagen und Heldengesängen (wiederholt kommen Gottheiten, vor allem Odin, vor) zurückgegriffen habe, die Gesta Danorum daher in erster Linie als eine Ergänzung der Edda anzusehen seien.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saxo_Grammaticus (269 words)

	Saxo
		The Danish History, Books I-IX Late 12th - Early 13th Century A.D. Saxo Grammaticus, or "The Lettered", of whom little is known except his name, is the earliest chronicler of Denmark and one of the important historians of the Middle Ages.
		The text portions below are based on "The Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus", translated by Oliver Elton (Norroena Society, New York, 1905).
		Saxo the Dane wrote 16 books of "Danish History", only the first nine have been translated into English.
	www.thearma.org /essays/Saxo.htm (2326 words)

	OMACL: The Danish History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Although Saxo wrote 16 books of his "Danish History", only the first nine were ever translated by Mr.
		Olrik, J and Raeder (Ed.): "Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum" (Copenhagen, 1931).
		Dansk Nationallitteraert Arkiv: "Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum" (DNA, Copenhagen, 1996).
	sunsite.berkeley.edu /OMACL/DanishHistory (285 words)

	Amazon.com: Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes, Books I-IX: I. English Text; II. Commentary: Books: Hilda Ellis ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In the early years of the thirteenth century the Danish writer Saxo Grammaticus provided his people with a History of the Danes, an account of their glorious past from the legendary kings and heroes of Denmark to the historical present.
		Saxo was indeed a man of God, but in his breast throbbed the heart of the Germanic/Nordic warrior-aristocracy in its truest form.
		Starkather's tirades are easily recognizable as Saxo's own scorn and derision, hurled at the courtly decadence of his contemporary Danish aristocracy.
	www.amazon.com /Saxo-Grammaticus-History-English-Commentary/dp/0859915026 (1610 words)

	Amazon.de: Saxo Grammaticus: Bücher: Saxo Grammaticus,Hans-Jürgen Hube (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Saxos komplettes Werk besteht schließlich nicht aus den hier behandelten 9, sondern insgesamt aus 16 Büchern, "vollständig" kann man das hier vorgelegte also keinesfalls nennen.
		Saxos um 1200 verfaßtes Werk ist eine Hauptquelle für die germanische Mythologie, sie enthält z.
		Noch viel störender ist es, daß Saxos Werk völlig zerschniten und immer wieder mit eingefügten Kommentaren zerstückelt ist.
	www.amazon.de /Saxo-Grammaticus/dp/393771541X (1324 words)

	things_I_have_read - #33: History of the Danes - Saxo Grammaticus - 1218
		"Saxo Grammaticus' account of the Danish prince Amleth would become Shakespeare's Hamlet.;"
		And that's actually a pretty minor example, but I can't seem to find one of the many more extensive ones at the moment.
		"The commentary in Saxo Grammaticus is quick to draw comparisons with Beowulf."
	www.paleface.net /cgi-bin/rd/n.pl?c=33 (70 words)

	Amleth, Prince of Denmark
		A plain in Jutland is to be found, famous for his name and burial-place.
		Source: The Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus, translated by Oliver Elton (London: David Nutt, 1894).
		Saxo Grammaticus, the author-compiler, was born about 1150 and died about 1220.
	www.pitt.edu /~dash/amleth.html (7282 words)

	Saxo Grammaticus Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		In a word, you would not have thought him a man at all, but some absurd abortion due to a mad fit of destiny.
		Saxo Grammaticus, who lived from 333 to 333, wrote a sixteen-volume history of the Denmark that he lived in.
		But the first the volumes are the stuff of myth and legend, delightful tales of mythic Norse persons and circumstances....
	www.alibris.co.uk /search/books/author/Saxo_Grammaticus (203 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxo Grammaticus
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		Danish historian of the thirteenth century, author of the "Gesta Danorum".
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13497a.htm (780 words)

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