The History of manuscripts and first edition of Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum published in 1514
Gesta Danorum surviving manuscripts prove the authenticity of the Latin full text published in 1514. Summarizing the material of research into Anger Fragment with the author's autograph shows the necessity of further studying Anger as one of European cultural centers, where Danes graduated. In citations Saxo Grammaticus text survived in historical works of several well-known post-medieval authors, such as Albert Krantz, Jan van Meurs, etc. Numerous and wordy references to Gesta Danorum enable us to get an idea not only about the original text conception, but also about the initial title of this chronicle. The first edition of brief version of Saxo Grammaticus chronicle was prepared in Luebeck in 1490 by Matthhaeus Brandis in German dialect, Niederdeutsch, and was popular with educated public. Gesta Danorum Latin edition of 1514 in Paris did not make Saxo well-known, as English researchers Fr. Y. Powell, O. Elton, H. Reader, J. Olrik believe. The Parisian edition was not a spontaneous and personal decision of unknown young philologist K. Pedersen, as these English researchers claim. Having received education in Paris, K. Pedersen got engaged in publishing and was known in Denmark. The State Council charged him the edition of Saxo Grammaticus chronicle in 1513 to commemorate an important for the Danish crown political event - wedding of the Danish king Christian II to Isabella, the grand daughter of the German emperor Maksimilian I. Thus, despite of 1728 conflagration in Copenhagen, which destroyed lot of manuscripts, one of the best historical work about Denmark survived.