SOURCE: Friis-Jensen, K. “Saxo Grammaticus (1140-1206).” In History of European Literature, edited by Annick Benoit-Dusausoy and Guy Fontaine, translated by Michael Woolf, pp. 80-83. New York: Routledge, 2000.
In the following essay, Friis-Jensen offers background information on the Gesta Danorum, summarizes its books, and discusses the development of Saxo's popularity in Europe.
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