Cnut the Great Paperback / softback
by Timothy Bolton
Part of the The English Monarchs Series series
Paperback / softback
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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages, 9 b-w illus.
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:26/02/2019
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- ISBN:9780300243185
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Information
-
Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages, 9 b-w illus.
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:26/02/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780300243185
