Cnut the Great Contributor(s): Bolton, Timothy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300243189 ISBN-13: 9780300243185 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Europe - Medieval - Biography & Autobiography | Royalty |
Dewey: 942.018 |
Series: English Monarchs |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.95 lbs) 264 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Scandinavian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A seminal biography of Cnut, the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire "A gripping and revelatory biography of Britain's Danish conqueror."-- Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Week 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. |