Bøger af Jens J. A. Worsaae

"My aim in it has been to convey a juster and less prejudiced notion than prevails at present respecting the Danish and Norwegian conquests."-Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, An Account of the Danes and the Norwegians (1852)An Account of the Danes and the Norwegians in England, Scotland and Ireland (1852) by Jens Warsaae, was based on his research into the Scandinavian invasions of the European mainland. During the 10th century, the European mainland was invaded by Norse settlers from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, who intermarried with native tribes and came to be known as "Normans." While their influence on the history of France was significant, it was even stronger in England, which the Normans conquered in the 11th century. Warsaae's book, commissioned by the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries, was his attempt to revise the impressions that the 19th century British had of the effects of the Norman conquests on England. This replica of the original text is accompanied by numerous woodcuts.

"The objects accompanying a burial are in most cases things that were in use at the same time."-"Worsaae's Law" (1843)The Primeval Antiquities of Denmark (1843) was one of Jens Worsaae's early writings. It details how Danish artifacts could be organized into the three-age system of identifying archeological finds that C. J. Thomsen had proposed, using analysis of the order and position of layers of archaeological remains. The book is divided into three sections, and each section is subdivided by period-stone, bronze, and iron. Section One describes which Danish antiquities originated in each period; Section Two breaks down stone monuments by period; and Section Three discusses the historical inferences that can be gained from this data.