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The empire of Cnut the Great : conquest and the consolidation of power in Northern Europe in the early eleventh century /

The reign of King Cnut the Great (1016-1035) marks a pivotal point in the history of both England and Scandinavia, yet his conquests and his consolidation of power remain under-appreciated and rarely studied. Almost all existing scholarship has been geographically centred on either England or Scandi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bolton, Timothy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Colección:Northern world ; v. 40.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Figures; General Introduction; PART ONE THE NATURE OF CNUT'S HEGEMONIES IN ENGLAND; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two National Government in Cnut's Reign: The Royal Court; Chapter Three The Government in the Localities of Southumbrian England in the Reign of Cnut; Chapter Four Cnut and the English Church; Chapter Five Cnut and the Imperium of late Anglo-Saxon England: Northumbria, Wales, Scotland and Ireland; PART TWO THE NATURE OF CNUT'S HEGEMONIES IN SCANDINAVIA; Chapter Six Introduction.