Saxo Grammaticus ' Gesta Danorum was not finished until after the death of Absalon, but Absalon was one of the chief heroic figures of the chronicle, which was to be the main source of knowledge about early Danish history.

The Saxo finally finished production in late 2003 when the three-door C2 was launched.

He was also interested in history and culture, and commissioned Saxo Grammaticus to write Gesta Danorum, a comprehensive chronicle of the history of the Danes.

Gesta Danorum (" Deeds of the Danes ") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th century author Saxo Grammaticus (" Saxo the Literate ", literally " the Grammarian ").

Svend Aagesen's history of Denmark, Brevis Historia Regum Dacie ( circa 1186 ), states that Saxo had decided to write about " The king-father and his sons ," which would be King Sweyn Estridson, in Books 11, 12, and 13.

Until recently the history of the Viking Age was largely based on Icelandic Sagas, the history of the Danes written by Saxo Grammaticus, the Russian Primary Chronicle and The War of the Irish with the Foreigners.

Until recently, the history of the Viking Age was largely based on Icelandic sagas, the history of the Danes written by Saxo Grammaticus, the Russian Primary Chronicle and The War of the Irish with the Foreigners.

Sven Aggesen, a Danish nobleman and author of a slightly earlier history of Denmark than Saxo's, describes his contemporary, Saxo, as his contubernalis meaning tent-comrade.

The legacy of Saxo Grammaticus is the sixteen book heroic history of the Danes called Gesta Danorum.

In the preface to the work, Saxo writes that his patron Absalon, Archbishop of Lund had encouraged him to write a heroic history of the Danes.

According to Saxo, Hamlet's history is briefly as follows.

Saxo begins his history with two brothers named Dan and Angul, sons of one Humbli, who were made rulers by the consent of the people because of their bravery.

Heremod may also be identical to Lother ( Latin Lotherus ) in Saxo Grammaticus ' Gesta Danorum ( Book 1 ) or the same history may have been applied to two originally separate figures.

Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum inserts the reign of Snow much later in Danish history, telling of him in book VIII among kings who reigned after the death of Harald War-tooth.

Johannes Magnus made creative use of Jordanes ' Getica and of Saxo Grammaticus to depict a history of the Swedish people, of their kings, and of the " Goths abroad ".

Unlike Saxo's Gesta Danorum or Svend Aagesen's Brevis Historia Regum Dacie which is Danish history as seen from our time, Chronicon Roskildense often covers the ' losing ' side in these very same events told of by Saxo and Svend Aggesen.

It is where Saxo Grammaticus wrote the famous chronicle s ' Gesta Danorum ', a Middle Ages | medieval historical work recounting the early Christian history of Scandinavia.

It is possible that Saxo then enlarged it with Books 15 and 16, telling the story of King Valdemar I's last years and King Canute VI's first years.

The upshot is that scholars cannot assert with any confidence how much material Shakespeare took from the Ur-Hamlet ( if it even existed ), how much from Belleforest or Saxo, and how much from other contemporary sources ( such as Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy ).

He has been identified with Uffo ( also Uffe, Uffi of Jutland ), a legendary Danish king in the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus.

The Poeta Saxo, in his verse Annales of Charlemagne's reign ( written between 888 and 891 ), laid an emphasis on his conquest of Saxony and celebrated the Frankish monarch on par with the Roman emperors and as the bringer of Christian salvation to people.

In Saxo Grammaticus ' 12th century work Gesta Danorum, where gods appear euhemerized, Ollerus is described as a cunning wizard with magical means of transportation:

Early modern publications, dealing with what we now call Viking culture, appeared in the 16th century, e. g. Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus ( Olaus Magnus, 1555 ), and the first edition of the 13th century Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus in 1514.

Christiern Pedersen, a Canon of Lund, collaborated with Jodocus Badius Ascendius, a fellow enthusiast, to print the work of Saxo Grammaticus early in the sixteenth century.

Various attempts have been made to harmonize these kings from the Frankish annals with the legendary kings found in the accounts of traditional historians such as Saxo Grammaticus and the sagas.

Though Icelandic sources make this Fróði a very early Danish king, in Gesta Danorum ( Book 5 ), Saxo puts him late in his series of rulers, though including the chronological equation with Augustus and mentioning the birth of Christ.

Notably Bradley Wiggins of Team SKY, David Millar of Team Garmin Transitions and Agritubel's Geoffrey Lequatreall riding the Osymetric brand and Team CSC Saxo Bank's Carlos Sastre with Rotor's Q-Rings from his native Spain.

As with the Saxo, air-conditioning was never an option on right-hand-drive 106's because the blower motor was mounted in the bulk-head on the drivers side.

In 1997 the Saxo's 3 Speed Automatic Gearbox was combined with the 1. 6i 8V 88 kW ( 90PS / 89BHP ) engine which was available on the Saxo SX and VSX.

Few special models were released throughout the Saxo's life, most notably the " Open Scandal ", a Saxo with a full length sliding canvas roof.

Notable models are the Westcoast up to 1999 and the Furio to 2003, as they incorporated the standard Saxo bodykit found on the VTR and VTS with a more insurance friendly 1. 4L engine.

The Saxo received a style makeover at the start of the year 2000, commonly branded as a MK2, with the major differences being more modern styled headlights, bonnets and grilles to replace the square style on the MK1 and Multipoint injection replacing the single point on the 1. 1L engines.

Along with the Citroën C3, the C2 successfully replaced the popular but ageing Citroën Saxo.

Saxo meticulously described the worship of Svantevit, the customs associated with it and the tall four-headed statue of the god.

Some archeological excavations on the cape of Arkona on Rügen island have uncovered vestiges of a great temple and a city, identified with those described by Saxo.

They tend to prefer aged, small, three-door, front-wheel drive hatchback cars, such as the Vauxhall Corsa, Fiat Punto, Ford Fiesta, Peugeot 106, Citroën Saxo, Volkswagen Polo and the Vauxhall Nova with small engines usually ranging between 1. 0 litre and 1. 6 litres ; this " preference " is more based on financial restrictions rather than desire.

The 12th c. Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus was not familiar with the character and Ogier has not been connected to any historic event in Denmark.

In season 2008 CSC shared the sponsorship with the Danish bank Saxo Bank which as of season 2009 has been the sole team sponsor.

The range was slimmed-down in 1996, following the introduction of the Saxo, with production of the AX ending in 1998 after a 12 year production run.

The first is found in Christiern Pedersen's " Danske Krønike ", which is a sequel to Saxo ’ s Gesta Danorum, written 1520 – 23.

In 1510-1512, Christiern Pedersen, a Danish translator working in Paris, searched Denmark high and low for an existing copy of Saxo ’ s works, which by that time was nearly all but lost.

A facsimile of Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, which contains the legend of Amleth

The Old English poem Widsith ( 9th century ) refers briefly to his victorious single combat, a story which is related at length by the 12th-century Danish historians Saxo and Svend Aggesen.

The goal of Gesta Danorum was as Saxo writes " to glorify our fatherland ," which he accomplishes on the model of the Aeneid by Vergil.

Particularly, Ynglingsaga 12 and Saxo 5. 16. 3, in which Frode disappears into the earth for three years after his death.

In early 1996 the Peugeot 106 also formed the basis for the near identical looks and size Citroën Saxo, and at this time the 106 received a facelift which saw all engines get fuel injection and equipment levels raised.

Unlike Saxo, which had only 2 out of 5 stars on Euro NCAP, the C2 achieved 4 out of 5 stars.

The Furio, VTR and VTS are the sports models which made the C2's predecessor, the Saxo, famous as an affordable, sporty-looking and very fast ' pocket rocket '.

The famous poem Bjarkamál ( of which only a few stanzas are preserved but which Saxo Grammaticus presents in the form of a florid Latin paraphrase ) is understood as a dialogue between Bödvar Bjarki and his younger companion Hjalti which begins by Hjalti again and again urging Bödvar to awake from his sleep and fight for King Hrólf in this last battle in which they are doomed to be defeated.

The earliest written mention of the town dates back to the 12th century, when Saxo Grammaticus in Gesta Danorum refers to it as Portus Mercatorum, which translates into Merchants ' Harbour or in the Danish of the time Købmannahavn.

Moreover, they are also very important for the study of Scandinavian and Germanic heroic legends together with Saxo Grammaticus ' Gesta Danorum which was based on the same heroic poetry and traditions.

Then Saxo introduces Paul the Deacon's account of the origin of the Lombards which he summarizes.

According to Saxo this famine and the departure of many Danes explained why in his own day much of the Danish land was overrun with forests in which stone piles alone showed that the land had once been cultivated fields.

Saxo Grammaticus in Gesta Danorum ( book 6 ) refers to a similar version relating a magic transformation, but prefers or invents a more rational account in which Starkad tied the osier very tightly so that Víkar could hardly breathe and then stabbed Víkar with his sword.

In Gesta Danorum, which was written to glorify the past of the Danish nation, Helgi Saxo appears to have mixed Helgi Hundingbane with the Danish king Halga, as he claims that Helgi killed a Swedish king named Hunding.

Saxo Grammaticus described, in the Book XIV of his Gesta Danorum, the festival of Svantovit which was held annually after harvest in front of that temple.