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