Cnut the Great

Cnut the Great

by Bolton, Timothy

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A seminal biography of the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire Historian Timothy Bolton offers a fascinating reappraisal of one of the most misunderstood of the Anglo-Saxon kings: Cnut, the powerful Danish warlord who conquered England and created a North Sea empire in the eleventh century. This seminal biography draws from a wealth of written and archaeological sources to provide …

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A seminal biography of the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire Historian Timothy Bolton offers a fascinating reappraisal of one of the most misunderstood of the Anglo-Saxon kings: Cnut, the powerful Danish warlord who conquered England and created a North Sea empire in the eleventh century. This seminal biography draws from a wealth of written and archaeological sources to provide the most detailed accounting to date of the life and accomplishments of a remarkable figure in European history, a forward-thinking warrior-turned-statesman who created a new Anglo-Danish regime through designed internationalism.

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  • Publication Date:2017.

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  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780300226256, 030022625X
  • oclc:ocn971018961
  • LC Classification:DA160
  • Dewey Decimal:942.01/81092

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Cnut's childhood and youth: the beginnings of a conqueror -- The invasions of England in 1013 and 1016 -- The early years of rule in England -- The rise to dominance over Scandinavia -- Cnut and the field of European politics -- The period of mature rule in England and Scandinavia -- The aftermath of Cnut's death.

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Subjects

Biographies Biography Canute, I,, King of England Daneš Danes -- History. -- England Danois -- Histoire. -- Angleterre Denmark Denmark -- Biography. -- Kings and rule… England Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 1017-103… Great Britain Great Britain -- Biography. -- Kings an… Great Britain -- History -- Canute, 101… History HISTORY -- Europe Kings and rulers Kings and rulers -- Biography Knut, Dänemark, König Norway Norway -- Biography -- Kings and rulers

Writers

Bolton, Timothy

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