Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum

A major and detailed account of early Danish history, in 16 books, compiled from various sources of information c. 1200: the best-known medieval Latin work produced in Scandinavia.

• Standard Latin text and translation: K. Friis-Jensen (ed.) and P. Fisher (tr. -- revised from 1979 translation), Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum / The History of the Danes, 2 vols. (Oxford, 2015)
• Older Latin critical edition: Ed. Olrik and Raeder (1931), available online in html version
• Latin text ed. A. Holder (1886), online facsimile of print edition
• English translation of Books 10-16 with commentary, by E. Christiansen [with Latin text of the editio princeps] (Oxford, 1980-81)
• English translation of Books 1-9 with commentary in 2 vols., by P. Fisher (tr.) and H. E. Davidson (ed.), Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1979)
• English translation of Books 1-9, by O. Elton (1905), available online [html] at gutenberg.org and sacred-texts.com; online facsimile of print edition: vol. 1; vol. 2

• Basic scholarly treatment: K. Friis-Jensen, "Saxo Grammaticus," Medieval Nordic Literature in Latin, ed. by S. Borgehammar et al. (2012)
• Manuscript fragments at the Royal Danish Library, including one representing Saxo's own "working copy"