Description: Further DetailsTitle: Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes, Books I-IXCondition: NewEAN: 9780859915021ISBN: 9780859915021Publisher: D.S. BrewerFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/01/1979Item Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Hilda R Ellis DavidsonTranslator: Peter FisherContributor: Peter Fisher (Translated by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: I. English Text; II. CommentaryISBN-10: 0859915026Description: 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 REVIEWIn 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 the historical present. 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. Here Hilda Ellis Davidson, a specialist in Scandinavian mythology, together with the translator Peter Fisher, provides a full English edition; each of the first nine books is preceded by an introductory summary, and a detailed commentary follows on the folklore and life and customs of twelfth-century Denmark - including the sources of Hamlet, of which Saxo gives the earliest known account. HILDA ELLIS DAVIDSON's other books include The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England; PETER FISHER is also the translator of Olaus Magnus: A Description of the Northern Peoples.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Literary CriticismItem Weight: 1gTopic: Society & Culture, Language & ReferenceRelease Year: 1979 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes, Books I-IX
Title: Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes, Books I-IX
EAN: 9780859915021
ISBN: 9780859915021
Release Date: 01/01/1979
Release Year: 1979
Translator: Peter Fisher
Contributor: Peter Fisher (Translated by)
Subtitle: I. English Text; II. Commentary
ISBN-10: 0859915026
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Literary Criticism
Topic: Language & Reference
Number of Pages: 528 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Saxo Grammaticus : the History of the Danes
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
Item Height: 1.2 in
Subject: Medieval, Europe / Scandinavia, Folklore & Mythology, Europe / Spain & Portugal, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year: 1979
Features: Reprint
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 28.6 Oz
Author: Hilda Ellis Davidson
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Social Science, Literary Collections, History
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
