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Absalon (c. 1128 – 21 March 1201) was a Danish statesman and prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Roskilde from 1158 to 1192 and archbishop of Lund from 1178 until his death. He was the foremost politician and church father of Denmark in the second half of the 12th century, … See more
Absalon was a close counsellor of Valdemar, and chief promoter of the Danish crusades against the Wends. During the Danish civil war, Denmark had been open to coastal raids by the Wends. It was Absalon's intention to clear the Baltic Sea of the Wendish … See more
Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum was not finished until after the death of Absalon, but Absalon was one of the chief heroic figures of the chronicle, which was to be the main … See more
• "Axel" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
• "Absalon" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879. See moreArchbishop Eskil returned from exile in 1167. Eskil agreed on canonizing Valdemar's father Knud Lavard in 1170, with Absalon … See more
When Absalon retired from military service in 1184 at the age of fifty-seven, he resigned the command of fleets and armies to younger … See more
• Saxo, Gesta Danorum, ed. Holder (Strassburg, 1886), books xvi.
• Steenstrup, Danmarks Riges Historie. Oldtiden og den ældre Middelalder, pp. 570–735 (Copenhagen, … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - People also ask
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