North Sea (Anglo‐Scandinavian) Empire
Abstrak
AbstractCnut gained control of England in 1016ceonly after prolonged campaigning, following Viking‐style raids instigated by his father, Sven. Even then, Cnut faced challenges from fellow Vikings and from across the Channel, where the duke of Normandy harbored two sons of the last Anglo‐Saxon king, Ethelred II. Cnut nonetheless managed to establish himself as keeper of Christian peace and law with the aid of English churchmen. By 1030, he enjoyed deference, if not service, from most potentates in the British Isles and also held sway over the Norwegians and his fellow Danes. However, he died in 1035, his sons survived him by only a few years, and his dominions fragmented. There was, though, a rationale to Cnut's attempt at a “sea‐empire”: sociocultural and commercial ties interlinked his dominions, and ships were now of sufficient capacity to transport heavy cargos, or substantial numbers of warriors.
Penulis (1)
Jonathan Shepard
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2016
- Bahasa
- en
- Sumber Database
- CrossRef
- DOI
- 10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe345
- Akses
- Open Access ✓