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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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven ; London :
Yale University Press
cop. 2017
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| Colección: | Yale English monarchs series
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991008438849708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Cnut's childhood and youth: the beginnings of a conqueror
- The invasions of England in 1013 and 1016
- The early years of rule in England
- The rise to dominance over Scandinavia
- Cnut and the field of European politics
- The period of mature rule in England and Scandinavia
- The aftermath of Cnut's death.
