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PEDERSEN, CHRISTIERN (c. 1480-1554)

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PEDERSEN, CHRISTIERN (c. 1480-1554) , Danish writer, known as the " See also:father of Danish literature, " was a See also:canon of the See also:cathedral of See also:Lund, and in 1510 went to See also:Paris, where he took his See also:master's degree in 1515. In Paris he edited the See also:proverbs of Peder Laale and (1514) the Historia danica of Saxo Grammaticus. He showed signs of the spirit of reform, asserting that the gospels should be translated into the See also:vernacular so that the See also:common See also:people might understand. He worked at a continuation of the See also:history of Saxo Grammaticus, and became secretary to See also:Christian II., whom he followed into See also:exile in 1525. In See also:Holland he translated the New Testament (1529) and the See also:Psalms (1531) from the See also:Vulgate, and, becoming a convert to the reformed See also:opinion, he issued several Lutheran tracts. After his return to See also:Denmark in 1532 he set up a See also:printing See also:press at See also:Malmo. He published a Danish version (Kronike om Holger Danske) of the See also:French See also:romance of Ogier the Dane, and another of the See also:Charlemagne legends, which is probably derived immediately from the See also:Norwegian Karlamagnus See also:saga. His greatest See also:work, the Danish version of the See also:Holy Scriptures, which is known generally as " Christian III.'s See also:Bible, " is an important landmark in Danish literature. It was founded on See also:Luther's version, and was edited by Peder See also:Palladius, See also:bishop of See also:Zealand, and others. See C. Pedersen's Danske Shriller, edited by C.

J. Brandt and B. T. Fenger (5 vols., See also:

Copenhagen, 1850-1856).

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