Examples of using Gesta in English and their translations into Danish
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Gesta Danorum, Book IX, XI, 1, translated into Danish by Peter Zeeberg, 2000.
Saxo Grammaticus wrote Gesta Danorum, which means the Feats of the Danes.
The later Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus made use of and expanded Adam of Bremen's account in his Gesta Danorum ca.
Guillaume de Jumièges: Gesta Normannorum Ducum 1050's with additions after 1066.
The impressed plates for the pictures were re-used by Stephanus Johannis Stephanius, professor at Sorø Akademy,who published Saxo's work Gesta Danorum“Deeds of the Danes” with notes and explanations Hafniæ 1645.
The same story is found in Gesta Danorum, though there Einarr is aiming at Svein, rather than Eirik.
On The Online Mediaval and Classical Library- The Danish History can be found the first nine books of"Gesta Danorum" in english and"Heimskringla" by Snorre Sturlason in English.
Also, about 1185 Saxo completed his Gesta Danorum, which says:"Sven felt doubt of being able to accomplish anything, and traveled, as we have said, to Skåne, for then again to go to Sweden, from where he originated on the father's side.
Our knowledge of the event comes from Saxo's Gesta Danorum, which was commissioned by Absalon.
Post-medieval perceptions A modern reenactment of a Viking battle Early modern publications, dealing with what is now called Viking culture, appeared in the 16th century, e.g. Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus(Olaus Magnus, 1555), andthe first edition of the 13th-century Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus in 1514.
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That is because he had enough in the kingdom he possessed and led, and used no more than the force that was necessary, which meant that he was more interested in preserving his dignity than in increasing it, insisting that it was better to defend himself rather than lay violent hands on others, andwas more worried about taking good care of what he had than aspiring to more.” Gesta Danorum, Book IX, XI, 1, translated into Danish by Peter Zeeberg, 2000.
Other chroniclers of Viking history include Adam of Bremen, who wrote,in the fourth volume of his Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum,"[t]here is much gold here(in Zealand), accumulated by piracy.
In 991, the Battle of Maldon between Viking raiders and the inhabitants of Maldon in Essex was commemorated with a poem of the same name. Post-medieval perceptions A modern reenactment of a Viking battle Early modern publications, dealing with what is now called Viking culture, appeared in the 16th century, e.g. Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus(Olaus Magnus, 1555), andthe first edition of the 13th-century Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus in 1514.
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Composed his Historia Regum Britanniae, a collection of stories and legends about Arthur.[227]Other works were more clearly history, such as Otto von Freising's(d.1158) Gesta Friderici Imperatoris detailing the deeds of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, or William of Malmesbury's d. c.
The impressed plates for the pictures were re-used by Stephanus Johannis Stephanius, professor at Sorø Akademy,who published Saxo's work Gesta Danorum"Deeds of the Danes" with notes and explanations(Hafniæ 1645). Around the same time a great illustrated work was published with text in verse form, Regum Daniæ Icones, Pictures of the Danish Kings Hafniæ 1646.
The Viking Raids In Denmark itself are no reasonably reliable documentary sources on the early Viking time history apart from brief runic inscriptions; but in the Western European countries, there are many reports of Danes' and Vikings' whereabouts; For example, in the Frankish Annals, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, Vita Anskarii andespecially in the chronicle of the Archdiocese of Hamburg's History, Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum by Adam of Bremen.
Also in Saxo Grammaticus' many descriptions of the raids made against the Wends on the south coast of the Baltic,recorded in Gesta Danorum, the longships appear in large numbers but unfortunately also with very little concrete information.
In the Beowulf poem, Vita Willibrordi of Alcuin, Lejre Chronicle, Roskilde Chronicle, Svend Aggesen's Denmark Chronicle,Saxo's Gesta Danorum, Frankish yearbooks and Icelandic sagas- including Snorre's saga on the Norwegian kings, and a few other sources are listed about 200 Danish kings before Gorm the old.
Said he,"for the bow of a mighty king!" and, throwing the bow aside, he took sword and shield, and fought valiantly.[44]The same story is found in Gesta Danorum, though there Einarr is aiming at Svein, rather than Eirik.[45] King Olaf's death[edit] In the final stage of the battle, Eirik and his men board the Long Serpent.