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Saxo Grammaticus

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According to Wikipedia, Saxo Grammaticus , also known as Saxo cognomine Longus, was a Danish historian, theologian and author. He is thought to have been a clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, the main advisor to Valdemar I of Denmark. He is the author of the , the first full history of Denmark, from which the legend of Amleth would come to inspire the story of Hamlet by Shakespeare.

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