Cnut: Why The Norse King Who Ruled England Is Known As 'The Great

In 1016, after more than two centuries of Viking raids and expulsions, a Norseman was crowned king of all England. Eleanor Parker explains how Cnut succeeded where his forebears failed, securing his place on the throne and in history

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