▁the ▁new ▁Lund ▁C athedral . ▁When ▁the ▁assembly ▁ba ul ked , ▁Can ute ▁sw ore ▁he ▁would ▁forb id ▁them ▁to ▁fish ▁in ▁the ▁ Ø res und . ▁Like wise ▁they ▁too ▁acc eded ▁to ▁the ▁king ' s ▁request . ▁ ▁Can ute ▁was ▁a ▁dev out ▁Christian ▁and ▁believed ▁that ▁a ▁strong ▁central ▁church ▁in ▁Den mark ▁would ▁give ▁him ▁more ▁power . ▁He ▁was ▁instrument al ▁in ▁impro ving ▁the ▁nation wide ▁system ▁of ▁b ish ops ▁by ▁using ▁his ▁own ▁local ▁officials ▁( fog eder ) ▁to ▁collect ▁t ith es , ▁a ▁new ▁tax , ▁which ▁were ▁used ▁to ▁build ▁the ▁churches , ▁hosp it als ▁and ▁monaster ies ▁which ▁were ▁just ▁beginning ▁to ▁be ▁introduced ▁into ▁Den mark . ▁Many ▁people ▁were ▁Christian ▁in ▁name , ▁but ▁the ▁old ▁ways ▁were ▁only ▁half - f org ot ten , ▁and ▁susp ic ions ▁about ▁foreign ers ▁ran ▁high . ▁Pe as ants ▁were ▁pressed ▁hard ▁to ▁put ▁food ▁on ▁the ▁table ▁and ▁the ▁forced ▁t ith es ▁inf uri ated ▁pe as ants , ▁mer ch ants , ▁and ▁nobles ▁al ike . ▁ ▁Can ute ▁brought ▁about ▁the ▁wr ath ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁chief s ▁when ▁he ▁h anged ▁Jar l ▁Eg il ▁R agn ars en , ▁his ▁hand - p icked ▁governor ▁of ▁Born holm , ▁and ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁household ▁for ▁pi racy . ▁Many ▁nobles ▁took ▁to ▁the ▁se as ▁on ▁occasion ▁looking ▁for ▁a ▁quick ▁way ▁to