A companion to Saxo Grammaticus / edited by Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm and Lars Boje Mortensen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heebøll-Holm, Thomas K., editor, author.

Mortensen, Lars Boje, editor, author.

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Northern world, 1569-1462 ; volume 97

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saxo, Grammaticus, -approximately 1204. Gesta Danorum.

Saxo.

Denmark--History--To 1241--Early works to 1800.

Denmark.

Folklore--Scandinavia--Early works to 1800.

Folklore.

Denmark--History--To 1241--Historiography.

Middle Ages--Historiography.

Middle Ages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

Contents:

Acknowledgements / Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm and Lars Boje Mortensen

List of contributors

List of maps and genealogies

Saxo and his Gesta Danorum: an overview / Thomas Heebøll-Holm and Lars Boje Mortensen

Was Saxo Grammaticus a Canon of Lund? [reprint from 1989] / Karsten Friis-Jensen

Saxo Grammaticus's study of the Roman historiographers and his vision of history [reprint from 1992] / Karsten Friis-Jensen

Saxo Grammaticus's portrait of archbishop Absalon [reprint from 2000] / Karsten Friis-Jensen

Saxo and Nordic Paganism / Annette Lassen

Christianity and ecclesiastical authority in the Gesta Danorum / Torben Kjersgaard Nielsen

Saxo and Scandinavia / Roland Scheel

Saxo and the wars with the Slavs / Kurt Villads Jensen

Saxo and the Germans / Erik Niblaeus

Kinship and family in the Gesta Danorum / Lars Hermanson

Saxo, war, and warriors / Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm

Saxo and gender / Bjørn Bandlien

Saxo on gifts and gift-giving / Lars Kjær

Saxo, kings, and kingship / Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm

Saxo and law / Anders Leegaard Knudsen and Helle Vogt

Saxo Grammaticus in the archives [reprint from 2012] / Michael H. Gelting

Saxo in his contemporary historiographical context / Mia Münster-Swendsen

Saxo, Roman historiography, and French connections / Lars Boje Mortensen

The medieval reception of the Gesta Danorum (to 1514) / Anders Leegaard Knudsen

The early modern reception of the Gesta Danorum / Karen Skovgaard-Petersen

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789004696914 (electronic bk.)

9004696911 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

99996648025

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.