Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum

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Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum is a 12th–13th century Latin chronicle of Danish history and legend that includes the Amleth story later adapted by Shakespeare into Hamlet.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose work ⓘ
historical chronicle ⓘ
medieval literature ⓘ
alternativeName Deeds of the Danes ⓘ
Gesta Danorum in usum studiosae juventutis ⓘ
author Saxo Grammaticus ⓘ
commissionedBy Absalon, Archbishop of Lund ⓘ
containsMotif heroic exploits of Danish warriors ⓘ
revenge tragedy elements in the Amleth story ⓘ
transition from paganism to Christianity ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Denmark ⓘ
coversTimeSpan mythic prehistory of Denmark ⓘ
up to the late 12th century ⓘ
dateOfCompletion circa 1208 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Absalon, Archbishop of Lund ⓘ
describes Christianization of Denmark ⓘ
legendary Danish kings ⓘ
mythological Scandinavian heroes ⓘ
pagan Norse traditions ⓘ
genre chronicle ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
legendary history ⓘ
hasPart Book 1 ⓘ
Book 10 ⓘ
Book 11 ⓘ
Book 12 ⓘ
Book 13 ⓘ
Book 14 ⓘ
Book 15 ⓘ
Book 16 ⓘ
Book 2 ⓘ
Book 3 ⓘ
Book 4 ⓘ
Book 5 ⓘ
Book 6 ⓘ
Book 7 ⓘ
Book 8 ⓘ
Book 9 ⓘ
historicalValue major source for early Danish history ⓘ
includesCharacter Amleth ⓘ
linked to: Amleth legend
influenced Renaissance views of Danish history ⓘ
influencedWork Belleforest’s Histoires tragiques ⓘ
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
language Latin ⓘ
literaryForm Latin rhetorical prose ⓘ
literarySignificance earliest extensive Danish national history in Latin ⓘ
mainSubject Danish history ⓘ
Danish legends ⓘ
numberOfBooks 16 ⓘ
placeOfComposition Denmark ⓘ
preservedIn later early modern copies ⓘ
medieval manuscript fragments ⓘ
religiousContext Christian ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition early 13th century ⓘ
late 12th century ⓘ

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Hamlet → influencedBy → Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum ⓘ
Svear → mentionedIn → Getica ⓘ
linked to: Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum
Rindr → mentionedIn → Gesta Danorum ⓘ
linked to: Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum
baptism of Harald Bluetooth → isDescribedIn → Saxo Grammaticus’ Gesta Danorum ⓘ
linked to: Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum
Jomsborg → describedIn → Gesta Danorum ⓘ
linked to: Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum
Halga → appearsIn → Gesta Danorum ⓘ
linked to: Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum
Amleth legend → hasSourceText → Gesta Danorum ⓘ
linked to: Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum
Gesta Danorum → alternativeName → Gesta Danorum in usum studiosae juventutis ⓘ
linked to: Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum
Ur-Hamlet → basedOnSource → Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum ⓘ
Ivar the Boneless → mentionedIn → Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus ⓘ
linked to: Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum
Ragnar Lodbrok → mentionedIn → Gesta Danorum ⓘ
linked to: Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum