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times. These books / writings (and others) form the bases of knowledge for early Danish history.

Chronicles and historical works

* Brevis Historia Regum Dacie ( Sven Aggesen Danmarkshistorie) * Chronica Jutensis (Jydske Krønike) *

Chronicon Lethrense ''Chronicon Lethrense'' ( Danish: ''Lejrekrøniken'' English: ''Chronicle of Lejre/Leire'') is a small Danish medieval work from the 12th century, written in Latin. Themes Unlike ''Chronicon Roskildense'', which deals primarily with informatio ...

(Lejrekrøniken) * Chronicon Roskildense (Roskildekrøniken) * Chronica Sialandie 1028-1307 (Yngre Sjællandske Krønike) * Chronica Sialandie 1308-1366 (Ældre Sjællandske Krønike) * Compendium Saxonis (Saxo kompendia i Jyske Krønike) *

Gesta Danorum ''Gesta Danorum'' ("Deeds of the Danes") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th-century author Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Literate", literally "the Grammarian"). It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark an ...

(Saxos Danmarkshistorie) *

Skibby Chronicle The ''Skibby Chronicle'' (Danish: ''Skibbykrøniken'', Latin: ''Chronicon Skibyense'') is a Danish chronicle written in Latin and dating from the 1530s. It is preserved in a manuscript now held at the Arnamagnæan Institute. The manuscript w ...

(Skibby-krøniken)

Annales

* Annales ad annum 1290 perducti (Annalistiske Noter, der ender 1290) * Annales Albiani * Annales Colbazenses (Colbaz arbogen) * Annales Dano-Suecani 916-1263 (Dansk-Svensk årbog 916-1263) * Annales Essenbecenses (Essenbæk årbogen) *

Annales Lundenses The ''Annals of Lund'' (Latin: ''Annales Lundenses'', Danish: ''Lundeårbogen'') is a Latin set of annals written in Lund around 1250–1307. Several manuscript copies have survived to the modern day. The text is composed of two parts: the first ...

(Lunde årbogen) * Annales Nestvedienses 821-1300 (Den Yngre Næstved årbog) * Annales Nestvedienses 1130-1228 (Den Ældre Næstved årbog) * Annales Ripenses (Ribe årbogen) *

Annales Ryenses Ryd Abbey or Rüde Abbey ( da, Ryd Kloster; german: Rüdekloster; la, Rus regis) was a Cistercian monastery in Munkbrarup that formerly occupied the present site of Glücksburg Castle in Glücksburg on the Flensburg Fjord in the Schleswig-Flensb ...

(Ryd årbogen) (sometimes also known as Chronicon Erici Regis) *

Annales Scanici Annals are a concise form of historical writing which record events chronologically, year by year. The equivalent word in Latin and French is ''annales'', which is used untranslated in English in various contexts. List of works with titles contai ...

(Skaanske årbog) *

Annales Slesuicenses Annals are a concise form of historical writing which record events chronologically, year by year. The equivalent word in Latin and French is ''annales'', which is used untranslated in English in various contexts. List of works with titles contai ...

(Slesvig årbog 1270) *

Annales Sorani Annals are a concise form of historical writing which record events chronologically, year by year. The equivalent word in Latin and French is ''annales'', which is used untranslated in English in various contexts. List of works with titles contai ...

1130-1300 (Den Yngre Sorø årbog) *

1202-1347 (Den Ældre Sorø årbog) *

Annales Waldemariani Annals are a concise form of historical writing which record events chronologically, year by year. The equivalent word in Latin and French is ''annales'', which is used untranslated in English in various contexts. List of works with titles contai ...

(Valdemar årbogen) * Annales 67 –1287 * Annales 980-1286 * Annales 841-1006 * Annales 1095-1194 * Annales 1098-1325 * Annales 1101-1313 (Annaludtog 1101-1313) * Annales 1246-1265 * Annales 1259-1286 * Annales 1275-1347 (Årbogfragment 1275-1347) * Annalibus Dano-Suecani 826-1415 (Dansk-Svensk årbog 826-1415) * Collectanea Petri Olai (Franciskanermunken Peder Olsens Collectanea)

Laws

Codex Holmiensis ''Codex Holmiensis C 37'' contains the oldest manuscript of the Danish ''Code of Jutland'' ( da, Jyske Lov),Riis, Thomas. Det kongelige bibliotek, Denmark. Det kongelige bibliotek, Denmark. a civil code enacted under Valdemar II of Denmark. The ...

(Jyske Lov) * Valdemar's Zealandic Law (Valdemars Sjællandske Lov) * Erik's Zealandic Law (Eriks Sjællandske Lov) *

Codex Runicus The Codex Runicus is a codex of 202 pages written in medieval runes around the year 1300 which includes the oldest preserved Nordic provincial law, Scanian Law (''Skånske lov'') pertaining to the Danish land Scania (Skåneland). Codex Runicus is ...

(Skaanske Lov)

Lists

* Series Regum Danie ex Necrologio Lundensi * Catalogus Regum Danie * Series ac breuior historia regum Danie * Reges Danorum * Nomina Regum Danorum * Wilhelmi Abbatis Genealogia Regum Danorum * Incerti Auctoris Genealogia Regum Daniæ

Others

* Planctus de captiuitate regum Danorum * Planctus de statu regni Danie {{DEFAULTSORT:Danish chronicles Denmark history-related lists