Saxo Grammaticus

Saxo Grammaticus was a Danish mediaeval historian of whose life little is known. It is thought that his life was spent during the latter half of the 12th century. The sixteen books of Danish history of this time, known as the Gesta Danorum, are attributed to him.

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External links:

• Project Runeberg on Saxo Grammaticus and Gesta Danorum:
  • http://www.lysator.liu.se/runeberg/authors/saxo.html

• English Book I - IX: Online Medieval and Classical Library (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/DanishHistory/)
• Latin version Book I - XVI:
  • The Royal Danish Library (http://www.kb.dk/elib/lit/dan/saxo/lat/or.dsr/index.htm)