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Cnut the Great / Timothy Bolton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bolton, Timothy, author.
- Series:
- English monarchs series.
- The English Monarchs Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canute I, King of England, 995?-1035.
- Canute.
- Danes--England--History.
- Danes.
- Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--History--Canute, 1017-1035.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- 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
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780300226256
- 030022625X
- OCLC:
- 971018961
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