The Age ofReason &Enlightenment
V. M . Z H I VO V—246—In my view, it also explainswhythe ideas of the French Enlightenmentbecame the semiofficial ideology of Catherine’s monarchy. But there is alsoanother aspect:howthat officially sanctioned ideology could coexist withdespotic absolutism. The evident explanation is that ...
Saxo Grammaticus was a historian whose Gesta Danorum (“Story of the Danes”) is the first important work on the history of Denmark and the first Danish contribution to world literature. Little is known of Saxo’s life except that he was a Zealander belo
Sweyn II Estridsen was the king of Denmark (1047–74) who ended a short period of Norwegian domination (1042–47). The son of Ulf, a Danish earl, and Estrid, a sister of Canute I the Great, Sweyn fled to Sweden after his father was murdered in 1027 on or