King Cnut and the Viking Conquest of England

by W. B. Bartlett

Overview

The Viking Conquest of England in 1016 saw two great warriors, the Danish prince Cnut and his equally ruthless English opponent King Edmund Ironside, fight an epic campaign that scarred much of England and ended with Cnut becoming the undisputed king of England. This book tells the extraordinary story of Cnut the Great’s life. Cnut was far removed from the archetypal pagan Viking, being a staunch protector of the Christian Church and a man who would also become Emperor of the North as king of Denmark and Norway. His wife, Emma of Normandy, was a remarkable woman who would outlive the two kings of England that she married. This saga also features the incompetent Æthelred the Unready, the ferocious Sweyn Forkbeard and the treacherous Eadric Streona, recreating one of the great stories of Dark Age England.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781445682891
Publisher:	Amberley Publishing
Publication date:	07/01/2019
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

W. B. Bartlett is the author of The Mongols and The Crusades.

Table of Contents

Maps and Genealogical Tables 6

Introduction 11

Prelude: A Viking Saga 13

1 England: The Long Road to Conquest (991-1002) 39

2 Sweyn Forkbeard: From Raider to King (1002-1014) 73

3 Cnut of Denmark: The Prince without a Land (1014-1015) 108

4 Ironsides: Battle to the Death (1015-1016) 129

5 King of England: Victory and Kingship (1016-1018) 161

6 King of Denmark: The Years of Consolidation (1018-1027) 189

7 Emperor of the North: The Years of Greatness (1027-1034) 222

8 Cnut the Great: A Life Assessed (1035) 258

Bibliography 284

Notes 287

Acknowledgements 299

Index 301

About the Author 316