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Cnut (Penguin Monarchs)

by Ryan Lavelle Book 30 in the Penguin Monarchs series.

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Ryan Lavelle reconstructs Cnut’s rise from Viking invader to ruler of a North Sea empire. The book follows the Danish conquest of England, Cnut’s defeat of Edmund Ironside and the combination of military force, marriage and political accommodation that secured his crown.

As king of England, Denmark and Norway, Cnut presented himself as a Christian monarch while retaining the networks and resources of Scandinavian conquest. Lavelle examines law, Church patronage, royal administration and imperial ambition, showing how his achievement depended on both English institutions and wider northern power.

Historical Periods

Danish Conquest of England1003–1016

Genres

Court & Political Fiction

Historical people

Edmund Ironside988–1016 Cnut the Great994–1035

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