Danish historian. Born c1150 Author of Gesta Danorum, a complete history of Denmark to the year 1187, written in ornate Latin at the suggestion of Archbisop Abasalon of Lund. The first nine books preserve ancient legendary material, the last seven are historical and based on oral reports.
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