Cnut the Great, by Timothy Bolton
Barbara Yorke
In 2009, Timothy Bolton published his well-received The Empire of Cnut the Great: Conquest and Consolidation Power in Northern Europe Early Eleventh Century. interested reader is bound to ask how this new work relates other. Do I need read both? short answer that there a close family resemblance between two studies, but has been rearrangement, abridgement some updating material create shorter better fits remit Yale English Monarch Series. most original features earlier volume, such as reconstructions careers supporters detailed consideration Scandinavian dimension Cnut’s reign, with careful attention archaeological saga evidence, are more attenuated form presented chattier style. Anglicised spellings have substituted for Old Norse, peripheral or difficult discussions, possible relations Scotland, omitted.
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