id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7945 Gesta Danorum - Wikipedia .html text/html 2984 466 73 Consisting of sixteen books written in Latin on the invitation of Archbishop Absalon, Gesta Danorum describes Danish history and to some degree Scandinavian history in general, from prehistory to the late 12th century. The first printed press publication and the oldest known complete text of Saxo's works is Christiern Pedersen's Latin edition, printed and published by Jodocus Badius in Paris, France, on 15 March 1514 under the title of Danorum Regum heroumque Historiae ("History of the Kings and heroes of the Danes"). The source of all existing translations and new editions is Christiern Pedersen's Latin Danorum Regum heroumque Historiae. Karsten Friis-Jensen (editor); Peter Fisher (translator) (2015), Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum The History of the DanesCS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) , Volume 1 includes books I-X and Volume 2 includes books XI-XVI. (eds.), The Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus in Two Volumes, Norroena Society ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7945.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7945.txt