Saxo Grammaticus

Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1150 - c.1220) was a Danish historian and theologian. He was famous for the Gesta Danorum, first work of Danish history. He wrote the story of Amleth which inspired Hamlet.

Saxo Grammaticus, drawn by the Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe

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