The Danish History
The Danish History, Books I-IX
by Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned") fl. Late 12th - Early 13th Century A.D.
Translated by Oliver Elton ( 1905 )
INTRODUCTION.
SAXO'S POSITION.
Saxo Grammaticus, or "The Lettered", one of the notable historians of the Middle Ages, may fairly be called not only the earliest chronicler of Denmark, but her earliest writer. In the latter half of the twelfth century, when Iceland was in the flush of literary production, Denmark lingered b ...