Cnut the Great (Yale English Monarchs)

Cnut the Great (Yale English Monarchs) - Timothy Bolton [epub]

Historian Timothy Bolton offers a fascinating reappraisal of one of the most misunderstood of the Anglo-Saxon kings: Cnut the Great (c.995-1035), also known as Canute, the powerful Danish warlord who conquered England and created a North Sea empire in the 11th 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