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saxo and the baltic region a symposium
saxos great history of the danes also deals with their wars against peoples living on the opposite coasts of the baltic . at a symposium organized by the centre for medieval studies at the university of southern denmark scholars from several countries presented the results of their research in this field . the present collection of articles explores the way saxo contrasted danes to wends prussians balts and germans and the historical background to his strongly biased viewpoints . as a literary construction saxos work gives evidence of a highly sophisticated ideology of ethnic and religious balance in his treatment of these neighbours with whom the danes lived in a state of steady confrontation .