''Chronica Jutensis'' (

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: ''Jyske Krønike''

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: ''Jutland Chronicle'') also known as ''Continuatio compendii Saxonis'' or ''Chronica Danorum'', is a small

historical work from the middle of the 14th century, written in

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. It comes with a smaller summary edition, about one-fourth the size of the original, of Saxo’s ''

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'', known as ''

Compendium Saxonis Compendium Saxonis (also known as ''Abbreviatio Saxonis'') is a summary located in Chronica Jutensis. It contains a summary of Saxo’s ''Gesta Danorum'', about one-fourth the size of the original. It is written in Latin. It is thought to have bee ...

''. The original manuscript is lost; however the work survives in four different handwritten copies, about a hundred years younger. One of them was written by a monk from

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in 1431. The stories of ''Chronica Jutensis'' begin approximately where ''

'' ends, in King

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's reign, just before King

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gains the throne, and end with the beginning of King

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's reign, about 1342. It was written somewhere around 1342–1350. Since the book does not mention

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being sold to the

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, which happened on 29 September 1346, it must have been written before this date or only shortly after. It would probably not be common knowledge for a few years, so it may have been written after 1346. The author is not known. It is, however, thought that he was from

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because Jutland events and persons are thoroughly described and it seems that the writer is confident with both the

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and persons of Jutland. Latin copies reside in: *

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, Add.. 49 2o (1431) *

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, Copenhagen, AM 107 8o (16th century). * Riksarkivet,

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, Skokloster 47 4o (15th century). *

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, De la Gardie 44 4o (15th century).

References

* Rikke Agnete Olsen, ''Jyske Krønike'', Wormianum forlag, 1995, {{ISBN, 87-89531-14-0

External links

Repertorium Chronicarum
Danish chronicles 14th-century history books 14th-century Latin books