Saxo Grammaticus

Gesta Danorum - Deeds of the Danes 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 king Gorm. It is one of the major sources for the heroic and mythological traditions of northern Europe, though the complex Latin style and the wide range of material brought together from different sources have limited its use.

Gesta Danorum - Deeds of the Danes

Ragnar Lodbrok foi o maior e mais famoso viking de toda a história. Seus feitos criaram a base para o imaginário popular sobre os guerreiros nórdicos que possuíam uma insaciável sede por sangue e que tinham como maior objetivo morrer em uma grande batalha para alcançar Valhalla. Sendo personagem principal da renomada série de tv Vikings, Ragnar conquistou nova fama e inúmeros novos fãs. Essa obra apresenta as cinco mais importantes histórias retiradas de fontes medievais escritas dos séculos IX ao XIV que contam sua vida, suas conquistas e seu legado. Juntamente com as histórias de suas valentes esposas e bravos filhos, cria-se então a lenda que foi Ragnar Lodbrok. A atual obra contém os seguintes textos: . Ragnars Saga Loðbrokar - A Saga de Ragnar Lodbrok . Gesta Danorum: Liber IX - Os Feitos dos Dinamarqueses: Livro IX . Krákumál - A Canção da Morte . The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - A Crônica Anglo-Saxônica . Þáttr af Ragnars Sonum - A História dos Filhos de Ragnar Essa edição contém ao longo do texto várias ilustrações e pinturas que destacam a história de Ragnar Lodbrok e dos vários heróis vikings que deixaram sua marca na história.

As Histórias de Ragnar Lodbrok

Rei Amleth

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 the volumes are the stuff of myth and legend, delightful tales of mythic Norse persons and circumstances. This book is comprised of those mythic volumes, and it's special stuff indeed.

The Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus

Historia Danica: recensuere et commentariis illustraverunt Petrus Erasmus Müller et Johannes Matthias Velschow

Originally titled Gesta Danorum ("Deeds of the Danes") this book is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th century author Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned.") It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark and is an essential source for the nation's early history. Consisting of sixteen books written in Latin, Gesta Danorum describes Danish history and to some degree Scandinavian history in general, from prehistory to the late 12th century. In addition, Gesta Danorum offers singular reflections on European affairs from a unique Scandinavian perspective, supplementing what has been handed down by historians from Western and Southern Europe. This current volume presents Oliver Elton's English translation of the first nine books of Saxo's work, which focus on Norse Mythology. Included as well are over 50 pages of introductory material by Frederick Powell and all of the original illustrations from the 1905 edition of the book. This book is 338-pages.

Gesta Danorum

The Nine Books of the Danish History

Amleth, Prince of Denmark

Saxo (Grammaticus)

A major source for the heroic and mythological traditions of northern Europe. '[The translation] is a masterpiece . . . the [Commentary] will doubtless prove of the greatest interest to historians.' ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW

The History of the Danes, Books I-IX

Den Danske Krønike Af Saxo Grammaticus

Værket om vores stolte og blodige fortid. Saxo Grammaticus, der levede i 1200-tallet, var en af kriger-bispens Absalons betroede mænd. På Absalons ordre skrev Saxo vores første store Danmarkshistorie. Her er alle sagnene om fortidskonger, ædle helte, feje krystere, svigefulde stormænd, skønne skjoldmøer og både dydige og utro hustruer. Saxos værk omfatter tiden helt tilbage til de farverige sagnkonger fra før Kristi fødsel, og krøniken slutter i 1200-tallet med Valdemar den Store og Knud den sjette – og naturligvis ikke mindst, Københavns grundlægger, biskop Absalon. Saxo slutter således sit værk med at skrive om sin egen nutid. Mogens Boisen (1910-1987) var en af Danmarks førende oversættere og påtog sig det omfattende og krævende arbejde at genfortælle Saxos værk på levende nudansk. Et arbejde, som han selv betegnede som en milepæl i sin mangeårige oversættergerning. Mogens Boisen sagde, som mange før ham, at Saxos Danmarks Krønike ubetinget er den ældre danske litteraturs mest betydningsfulde værk.

Saxos Danmarks Krønike

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 the first kings of the Viking age and finished in 1285, after relating the earlier exploits of King Cnut Valdemarsson. The activities of the Danish kings were intimately bound up with the monarchies of Norway and Sweden; Cnut the Great, one of Saxo's heroes, whose empire stretched as far as Britain and Iceland, was ruler of both these countries. In the last books Saxo took particular concern to describe the campaigns of Valdemar the Great and his warrior archbishop, Absalon, against the Wends of North Germany. The work is a prosimetrum, that is, in six of the first nine books he inserts poems, which are intended to parallel specimens of old Danish heroic poetry in Latin metres. Saxo's Latin prose style is often complex, based as it is on models like Valerius Maximus and Martianus Capella, but he is a lively and compelling story-teller, often displaying a rather sly sense of humour, and an interest in the supernatural. He is the first author to give a full account of Hamlet, whose adventures he relates at some length, the elements of which in a great many respects correspond surprisingly closely with the characters and incidents of Shakespeare's play. Volume II of Saxo Grammaticus contains books 11-16 of Saxo's work, mainly dealing with the history of the first Danish kings.

Det er mere end 800 år siden, klerken Saxo skrev storværket Danmarks Krønike. Her finder man fortællingerne om sagnkongerne – fra Dan og Angel frem til Harald Gormssøn. Der er konger og guder, jætter og troldmænd, smukke kvinder og skjoldmøer. Blandt de kendteste sagn er beretningerne om Rolf Krake, Balder, Amlet, Ragnar Lodbrog og Stærkodder. Fra historisk tid fortælles bl.a. om Gorm den Gamle og Thyra, om Knud den Hellige der blev myrdet i Albani Kirke, og om Valdemar den Store og Absalon, der gennemførte en lang række togter mod venderne.

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