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Joachim Hane

d. 1658

A little-known 17th-century Danish writer, remembered for a small surviving body of work from a turbulent period in Scandinavian history.

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The Journal of Joachim Hane containing his escapes and sufferings during his employment by Oliver Cromwell in France from November 1653 to February 1654

The Journal of Joachim Hane containing his escapes and sufferings during his employment by Oliver Cromwell in France from November 1653 to February 1654

by Joachim Hane

About the author

Joachim Hane was a Danish author who died in 1658. Reliable information about his life appears to be very limited, and even basic biographical details are hard to confirm from widely available sources.

He is mainly of interest today as an early modern writer from Denmark, a period when many authors are known only through scattered records and surviving texts rather than full modern biographies.

Because the available documentation is so sparse, it is best to treat him as an obscure historical author whose work matters more to specialists and literary historians than to general readers.