Cnut the Great /
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,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven ; London :
Yale University Press,
2017.
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| Series: | Yale English monarchs.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 244 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-240) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300208337 0300208332 |