Jammers Minde (literally A Memory of Lament), translated into English as Memoirs of Leonora Christina, is an autobiography completed in 1674 by Leonora Christina, daughter of Christian IV of Denmark and Kirsten Munk. The work, first published in 1869, is included in the Danish Culture Canon. It is considered to be the finest piece of prose work written in 17th-century Denmark.[1][2] It relates a partly fictionalized account of Christina's time during captivity, with a detailed personal account of prison life, often drawing upon biblical references and black humour, and contrasting the comical with the macabre. Radical for its period in its personal account, it is considered an existential religious writing.
- ^ Monod, Paul Kléber (11 August 2001). The Power of Kings: Monarchy and Religion in Europe, 1589-1715. Yale University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-300-09066-6. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ Stecher-Hansen, Marianne (6 August 2004). Danish writers from the Reformation to decadence, 1550-1900. Gale. p. 460. ISBN 978-0-7876-6837-2. Retrieved 18 January 2013.