biography
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Saxo Grammaticus
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(Lat ‘the Scholar’)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1140–1206)
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| biography:
| Danish chronicler, born in Zealand, E Denmark. He was secretary to Archbishop Absalon of Lund, at whose request he wrote the Gesta Danorum, a Latin history of the Danes, in 16 books. The work is partly legendary and partly historical. |
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