Denmark until the Kalmar Union, 1387

From EuroDocs

• An Account of the Ancient Monuments of Zeland

The manuscript of the Englishman Charles Bertram, with written descriptions and colored illustrations of stone monuments from Danish antiquity.

Digitized by the Danish Royal Library.

(Illustrated in 1758; facsimiles)

---

• Guder & Grave

Gods & Graves: A virtual exhibit of the Danish Bronze Age based on texts and images from the Danish National Museum.

(Facsimiles and commentary)

---

• Project Runeberg

(Scandinavian literature; transcription)

---

• e-manuskripter: Middelalder og renæssance

Digitized Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts from the Danish Royal Library.

(850-1596; facsimiles)

---

• The Planctus for William Longsword

This mourning poem is for the son of the Viking, Rollo.

It serves as "an excellent laboratory in medieval philology."

(943; Latin facsimiles and variant text transcriptions with English and German translations)

---

• Quellen zur mittelalterlichen Reichsgeschichte

Sources for the History of the Medieval (Germanic) Empire.

Includes recorded conferences of the Hanseatic League.

(800-1503; Latin and contemporary vernacular transcriptions with critical apparatus)

---

• Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum

Deeds of the Danes; national epic.

(ca. 1200; Latin transcription)

Also available in English translation.

---

• Historical Text Archive: Denmark

Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.

(Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)

---

• Over Øresund - Över Öresund

A cooperative Danish-Swedish project covering sources from both sides of the "Sound."

Pictures, postcards, maps, letters, guides to archival sources.

(1200-1913; facsimiles and guides)

---

• Rådhuse under enevælden
  A detailed illustrative history of Danish city halls.
• Byporte under enevælden
  A detailed illustrative history of Danish city gates.

From Den Digitale Byport of the Danish Centre for Urban History.

With aspect searches (by chronology, civic function, location, architect, etc.).

(13th-19th centuries; annotated facsimiles of illustrations, photos and architectural plans)

---

[edit]

Return to Denmark: Primary Documents

[edit]

Return to EuroDocs Homepage

EuroDocs Creator: Richard Hacken, European Studies Bibliographer,
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Feel free to get in touch: eurodocs @ byu.edu