The empire of Cnut the Great : conquest and the consolidation of power in Northern Europe in the early eleventh century / by Timothy Bolton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bolton, Timothy.

Series:

Northern world ; v. 40.

The northern world, 1569-1462 ; v. 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Danes--England--History.

Danes.

Great Britain--History--Canute, 1017-1035.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Denmark--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Denmark.

Norway--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Norway.

Canute I, King of England, 995?-1035.

Canute.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The reign of King Cnut the Great (1016–1035) marks a pivotal point in the history of both England and Scandinavia, yet his conquests and his consolidation of power remain under-appreciated and rarely studied. Almost all existing scholarship has been geographically centred on either England or Scandinavia. However, this study, through a series of studies of individual aspects of his rise to power in those regions, seeks to encompass his entire dominion, and cast new light on our understanding of the nature of this political unit and contemporary figures’ conceptions of it. The result is a fresh impression of a number of aspects of Cnut’s rise to power as well as a new interpretation of this ‘empire’.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / T. Bolton

General Introduction / T. Bolton

Chapter One. Introduction / T. Bolton

Chapter Two. National Government In Cnut’s Reign: The Royal Court / T. Bolton

Chapter Three. The Government In The Localities Of Southumbrian England In The Reign Of Cnut / T. Bolton

Chapter Four. Cnut And The English Church / T. Bolton

Chapter Five. Cnut And The Imperium Of Late Anglo-Saxon England: Northumbria, Wales, Scotland And Ireland / T. Bolton

Chapter Six. Introduction / T. Bolton

Chapter Seven. Cnut And The Development Of The ‘Machinery Of Control’ In Western And Central Denmark / T. Bolton

Chapter Eight. Cnut, Eastern Denmark And The Baltic: The Struggle For Supremacy / T. Bolton

Chapter Nine. Danish Supremacy In Scandinavia In The Early Eleventh Century: Cnut And The Regimes Of Norway And Sweden / T. Bolton

Chapter Ten. The Conquest Of Norway And The Development Of Imperial Aspirations / T. Bolton

Conclusion / T. Bolton

Appendix A / T. Bolton

Appendix B / T. Bolton

Bibliography / T. Bolton

Index / T. Bolton.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-343) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39849-0

9786612398490

90-474-4330-6

OCLC:

592756330

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004166707.i-351 DOI