The Empire of Cnut the Great: Conquest and the Consolidation of Power in Northern Europe in the Early Eleventh Century

by Timothy Bolton

The reign of King Cnut the Great (1016-1035) marks a pivotal point in the history of both England and Scandinavia, yet his conquests and his consolidation of power remain under-appreciated and rarely studied. Almost all existing scholarship has been geographically centred on either England or Scandinavia. However, this study, through a series of studies of individual aspects of his rise to power in those regions, seeks to encompass his entire dominion,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 900416670X
• ISBN13: 9789004166707
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.7"