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Cnut (/ k ə ˈ nj uː t /; [3] Old Norse: Knútr Old Norse pronunciation:; [a] c. 990 – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, [4] [5] [6] was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. [1]
King Knut fought the third battle, a major one, against the sons of Æthelred at a place called Ashingdon, north of the Danes' Woods. In the words of Ottar: At Ashingdon, you worked well in the shield-war, warrior-king; brown was the flesh of bodies served to the blood-bird: in the slaughter, you won, sire, with your sword enough of a name there,
Political power or office often gives those who possess it the illusion that they control events. That, after all, is the reason why the story of King Canute retains, and will always retain, its relevance to the current political situation. [6] Warren Burger, the Chief Justice of the United States, mentions Canute in the 1980 decision Diamond v.
He then ordered a trumpet to sound. The West Saxons advanced gradually, then Cnut's army. They fought intensely with spears and lances. Edmund joined the battle, fighting hand-to-hand combat on the front line, and often "smote the enemy". However, in 1990, an academic disagreement started on the validity of this description.
Canute sailed across the Norwegian coasts, starting from Agder. At important points, Canute landed and summoned local assemblies. These assemblies generally obeyed Cnut, and the locals swore allegiance to their new king. [11] However, wherever there was occasion to do so, Cnut appointed now local officials that he could trust. [12]
Canute IV (c. 1042 – 10 July 1086), later known as Canute the Holy (Danish: Knud IV den Hellige) or Saint Canute (Sankt Knud), was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. . Canute was an ambitious king who sought to strengthen the Danish monarchy, devotedly supported the Roman Catholic Church, and had designs on the English thro
King Harald died childless in 1018 or 1019, leaving the country without a king. Cnut was his brother's heir and went to Denmark in 1019 to claim it. While there he sent his subjects in England a letter saying he was abroad to avert an unspecified "danger", [ 12 ] and he only returned to quell incipient rebellions. [ 13 ]
King Knut fought the third battle, a major one, against the sons of Æthelred at a place called Ashington, north of the Danes' Woods. In the words of Ottar: At Ashington, you worked well in the shield-war, warrior-king; brown was the flesh of bodies served to the blood-bird: in the slaughter, you won, sire, with your sword enough of a name there,