Saxo Grammaticus (Volume 1): Gesta Danorum: The History of the Danes

by Saxo Grammaticus and Peter Fisher

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"