SAXO GRAMMATICUS (c. 1150–after 1216) was a Danish historian whose writings (Gesta Danorum) constitute one of the few important early sources on Germanic mythology and religion. Saxo studied in France and later became secretary to the Danish...

Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1150 – 1220) was a Danish medieval historian of whose life practically nothing is known. The sixteen books of Danish history of this time, known as the Gesta Danorum, are attributed to him, and also contribute our principal...

Bevagna, 27-29 settembre 1990. A cure di Carlo Santini. Roma: II Calamo, 1992 (I Convegni di Classiconorroena, I). Pp. 441. 100,000 lire. SAXO, THE LATE TWELFTH-CENTURY cleric who, at the behest of bishop Absalon, provided the expanding Danish kingdom of the Valdemars...

Introduction The motif of the "dis-arming" of the monster, so memorable in Beowulf's fight with Grendel, is the key feature of the first part of "The Hand and the Child" tale, in which the hand traditionally comes to kidnap a child; the...

In the following essay, Ormsby-Lennon explores the question of whether Shakespeare read Saxo's account of Hamlet directly or in an edited and translated version made by Remigio Nannini, a sixteenth-century Dominican.

In the following essay, Pandit explores how Shakespeare's characterization of Hamlet builds upon his memory of various sources, including Saxo's, as well as upon his audience's familiarity with the playwright's life and other works.

In the following essay, Srigley analyzes Hamlet's melancholy in light of Saxo's description of his powers of divination.