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Iceland description. Peder Hansen Resen tells about the country and its people.
Peder Hansen Resen (17 June 1625 – 1 June 1688) was a Danish historian who, among other things, played a major role in the publication of Icelandic ancient works, such as the Poetic Edda and the Voluspá, in Copenhagen in the 17th century. He was also responsible for the publication of old Norse law books, but is most famous for his Atlas Danicum, a description of Denmark.
Peder Resen was the son of Hans Hansen Resen, Bishop of Zealand. He graduated with a degree in theology from the University of Copenhagen in 1645 and then went on a traditional study tour with Rasmus Bartholin, among others, to the Netherlands and France, where he studied law and philology. He spent one year in Padua, Italy, studying law. In 1657 he became a professor at the University of Copenhagen. In 1664 the king made him mayor of Copenhagen and in 1669 an assessor in the Supreme Court. He suffered from arthritis in his last years and died, childless, in Copenhagen.
Peder Resen was very interested in publishing ancient Norse law books and published the Norwegian Hirðskrá and various old Danish law books in 1675 in connection with his law teaching at the university. He was the first to publish in print the Icelandic ancient works Snorra-Edda, Hávamál and Völuspá (1665), as well as the dictionary Lexicon Islandicum (1683) by Guðmundur Andrésson.
The description of Iceland is divided into 31 chapters that describe the country's nature, government and national culture, sometimes with great accuracy, and is peppered with stories of supernatural creatures and other wonders, as well as various folklore elements. Resen never came to Iceland himself, but relied on printed and unprinted sources. Jakob said that Resen had access to Icelandic manuscripts, but his main source among unprinted sources was Bishop Oddur Einarsson's Description of Iceland, while among printed books the main sources were the works of Arngrímur the Learned. He must have met some Icelandic people in Copenhagen and benefited from their help.
Drawings of Þingvellir are published in Resens' book, and it will contain the oldest outline that has been found of the arrangement of Lögrétta in earlier times. In the introduction to the book, Dr. Jakob says, among other things, that Resens' description of Iceland was influenced by the writings of foreign authors about Iceland in his time. "Resens's attitude towards Icelanders is friendly; he himself was a man of books and valued their literature highly and did not diminish its value. He was, like most of his contemporaries, not overly critical of what was written in books, and signs of this can be seen in many places. However, he largely avoided the troll stories that were widely spread in foreign books about Iceland. In this, he placed Icelandic sources in a higher position."
Peder Hansen Resen (17 June 1625 – 1 June 1688) was a Danish historian who, among other things, played a major role in the publication of Icelandic ancient works, such as the Poetic Edda and the Voluspá, in Copenhagen in the 17th century. He was also responsible for the publication of old Norse law books, but is most famous for his Atlas Danicum, a description of Denmark.
Peder Resen was the son of Hans Hansen Resen, Bishop of Zealand. He graduated with a degree in theology from the University of Copenhagen in 1645 and then went on a traditional study tour with Rasmus Bartholin, among others, to the Netherlands and France, where he studied law and philology. He spent one year in Padua, Italy, studying law. In 1657 he became a professor at the University of Copenhagen. In 1664 the king made him mayor of Copenhagen and in 1669 an assessor in the Supreme Court. He suffered from arthritis in his last years and died, childless, in Copenhagen.
Peder Resen was very interested in publishing ancient Norse law books and published the Norwegian Hirðskrá and various old Danish law books in 1675 in connection with his law teaching at the university. He was the first to publish in print the Icelandic ancient works Snorra-Edda, Hávamál and Völuspá (1665), as well as the dictionary Lexicon Islandicum (1683) by Guðmundur Andrésson.
The description of Iceland is divided into 31 chapters that describe the country's nature, government and national culture, sometimes with great accuracy, and is peppered with stories of supernatural creatures and other wonders, as well as various folklore elements. Resen never came to Iceland himself, but relied on printed and unprinted sources. Jakob said that Resen had access to Icelandic manuscripts, but his main source among unprinted sources was Bishop Oddur Einarsson's Description of Iceland, while among printed books the main sources were the works of Arngrímur the Learned. He must have met some Icelandic people in Copenhagen and benefited from their help.
Drawings of Þingvellir are published in Resens' book, and it will contain the oldest outline that has been found of the arrangement of Lögrétta in earlier times. In the introduction to the book, Dr. Jakob says, among other things, that Resens' description of Iceland was influenced by the writings of foreign authors about Iceland in his time. "Resens's attitude towards Icelanders is friendly; he himself was a man of books and valued their literature highly and did not diminish its value. He was, like most of his contemporaries, not overly critical of what was written in books, and signs of this can be seen in many places. However, he largely avoided the troll stories that were widely spread in foreign books about Iceland. In this, he placed Icelandic sources in a higher position."