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Cnut the Great
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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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Table of contents
- CONTENTS
- PLATES
- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- MAPS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. Cnut’s Childhood and Youth
- 2. The Invasions of England in 1013 and 1016
- 3. The Early Years of Rule in England
- 4. The Rise to Dominance over Scandinavia
- 5. Cnut and the Field of European Politics
- 6. The Period of Mature Rule in England and Scandinavia
- 7. The Aftermath of Cnut’s Death
- CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX I: THE STORY OF CNUT AND THE WAVES
- APPENDIX II: CONCORDANCE OF CHARTERS CITED IN THIS VOLUME
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
