Karen Skovgaard-Petersen. Historiography at the Court of Christian IV 1588-1648): Studies in the Latin Histories of Denmark by Johannes Pontanus and Johannes Meursius.(Book Review)

From: Scandinavian Studies | Date: March 22, 2003| Author: Larson, James L. | Copyright information

Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum P, U Copenhagen, 2002. Pp. 454.

In 1618 the Danish state engaged Johannes Pontanus, a Latin professor at Harderwijk, as royal historiographer; in exchange for 500 rigsdaler a year Pontanus agreed to write a history of Denmark from the origins to the reign of Christian IV. Work did not move on apace, and in 1624 another Netherlander, Johannes Meursius, was also appointed historiographer; Meursius received 600 rigsdaler a year to produce a Lat...

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