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	Canute the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Canute's mother was Gunhild (formerly Swiatoslawa daughter of Mieszko I of Poland).
		Canute is generally regarded as a wise and successful king of England, although this view may in part be attributable to his good treatment of the church, which controlled the history writers of the day.
		Canute died in 1035, at Shaftesbury in Dorset, and was buried at Winchester.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canute_the_Great (918 words)

	Saint Canute's Cathedral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although King Canute the Saint was, historically, not much of a saint, there is an unusual reason for this nickname.
		Fleeing a rebellious force, the king took shelter in the Church of St. Alban's, a wooden church in Odense.
		King Canute was struck low in the abdomen by a spear while he was standing facing his attacker, and most likely killed by a blow to the head which fractured the skull.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Canute's_Cathedral (242 words)

	CANUTE - LoveToKnow Article on CANUTE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Canute defeated the Swedish fleet at Stangebjerg, and so seriously injured the combined squadrons at the mouth of the Helgeaa in East Scania, that in 1028 he was able to subdue the greater part of Norway without hurling a dart or swinging a sword.
		Canute is also said to have endeavoured to found monasteries in Denmark, with but indifferent success, and he was certainly the first Danish king who coined money, with the assistance of Anglo-Saxon mint-masters.
		According to the Knytlinga Saga King Canute was huge of limb, of great strength, and a very goodly man to look upon, save for his nose, which was narrow, lofty and hooked; he had also long fair hair, and eyes brighter and keener than those of any man living.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CANUTE.htm (1243 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (Can-Caq) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Canute III was a son of Hardicanute, the king of England, and king of Denmark in 1035.
		Canute IV was king of Denmark in 1080.
		Canute VI (Canute the Pious) was king of Denmark in 1182.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /C30B.HTM (525 words)

	King Canute the Great
		Canute (who is known as Knud in Denmark and Knut in Norway) was the son of Svein Forkbeard Canute's grandfather was Harald Bluetooth and his great-grandfather was King Gorm.
		Canute was anxious to consolidate political unity in England and, as part of his drive towards this, he razed some of the burghs which had been created to defend southern England against The Danelaw Vikings, and vice versa.
		Canute's sons, unfortunately, were not made of the same stuff as their father so, on his death, the Anglo-Scandinavian empire he had acquired began to break up.
	www.viking.no /e/people/e-knud.htm (1099 words)

	KING CANUTE AND THE MURDER OF THE DANISH EARL OVER A CHESS GAME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When King Canute saw that the kings of Norway and Sweden steered eastward with their forces along the coast, he sent men to ride night and day on the land to follow their movements.
		When they had played a while the king made a false move, at which the earl took a knight from the king; but the king set the piece again upon the board, and told the earl to make another move; but the earl grew angry, threw over the chess-board, stood up, and went away.
		They did as the king ordered; and when the king came to the church he bestowed on it great property, so that it had a large domain, by which that place was raised very high; and these lands have since always belonged to it.
	www.goddesschess.com /chesstories/king.html (1897 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: King Canute
		Mercia and Northumbria were Canute's portion, and a tax known as the "danegeld" was levied on both armies to defray the expenses of the Danish fleet.
		Canute already had two sons, Harold and Sweyn, by another wife, but the right of succession was to be with the offspring of the new union.
		The Church had suffered heavily at Canute's hands, but he sought her friendship and built a church at Assandun to commemorate the victory; rebuilt the church of St. Eadmund at Bury and established the monks there; and was a benefactor in many other places, contributing even to the erection of the cathedral of Chartres.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03306c.htm (895 words)

	Heimskringla: Saga of Olaf Haraldson: Part VII
		King Canute took as hostages from all lendermen and great bondes in Norway either their sons, brothers, or other near connections, or the men who were dearest to them and appeared to him most suitable; by which he, as before observed, secured their fidelity to him.
		King Olaf sent a message before him to all the inhabited places he passed through, that the men who wished to get goods and money, and share of booty, and the lands besides which now were in the hands of his enemies, should come to him, and follow him.
		King Olaf got certain intelligence now that it would be but a short time until he had a battle with the bondes; and after he had mustered his men, and reckoned up the force, he had more than 3000 men, which appears to be a great army in one field.
	sunsite.berkeley.edu /OMACL/Heimskringla/haraldson7.html (10894 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		Canute had only a month to wait to become king, since Edmund II died in November of 1016.
		Canute consolidated his power by eliminating all claimants to the throne from the House of Wessex, through either banishment or execution.
		Canute got rid of his mistress and took Æthelred's widow, Emma, to be his lawfully wedded wife.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon17.html (249 words)

	Canute the Great -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Canute's mother was (Click link for more info and facts about Gunhild) Gunhild (formerly Swiatoslawa daughter of (Click link for more info and facts about Mieszko I) Mieszko I of Poland), while his father, Sweyn, remained pagan to the end of his life.
		Canute solidified his new position as supreme ruler by marrying Ethelred's widow, Emma of Normandy, daughter of (Click link for more info and facts about Richard the Fearless) Richard the Fearless, duke of Normandy.
		Canute died in 1035, at (Click link for more info and facts about Shaftesbury) Shaftesbury in (Click link for more info and facts about Dorset) Dorset, and was buried at (A city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire) Winchester.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/canute_the_great.htm (901 words)

	King Canute
		Sweyn I Forkbear, King of the Dane, conquered England in 1013.
		Canute installed his young son, Sweyn, to govern Norway; after Olaf's fall at Stiklestad in 1030 his rule was unchallenged.
		Canute of Norway married Adela (daughter of Robert I, The Frisian, count of Flanders)
	pages.britishlibrary.net /mikepymm/king_canute.htm (272 words)

	Canute. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The younger son of Sweyn of Denmark, Canute accompanied his father on the expedition of 1013 that invaded England and forced Æthelred to flee to Normandy.
		After the Danish victory in the battle of Assandun, Canute divided England with Edmund Ironside, Æthelred’s son.
		Canute established friendly relations with the Holy Roman Empire and attended the coronation of Conrad II in Rome in 1027.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ca/Canute.html (355 words)

	Canute -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Danish king of England (1016–35), of Denmark (as Canute II; 1019–35), and of Norway (1028–35), who was a power in the politics of Europe in the 11th century, respected by both emperor and pope.
		king of Denmark (coregent, 1170–82; king, 1182–1202), during whose reign Denmark withdrew from the Holy Roman Empire and extended its dominion along the southern Baltic coast to Pomerania, Mecklenburg, and Holstein.
		Canute's role in the Danish expansion was overshadowed by that of his more active brother Valdemar, duke of Schleswig (later king as Valdemar II), and of the...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9020088 (605 words)

	Canute on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1015, Canute reinvaded England with a powerful army that conquered most of Wessex, harried the Danelaw, and conquered Northumbria.
		He made his son Harthacanute king of Denmark, and in 1029 he made his son Sweyn king of Norway, with Sweyn's mother as regent.
		Canute was succeeded by his illegitimate son, Harold Harefoot, then by Harthacanute.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/c/canute.asp (561 words)

	Courtly Lives - Canute and His Polish Princess
		Canute was King of England (1016-1035), King of Denmark (1018-1035), and King of Norway (1028-1035).
		By 1014, "All the nobility of England" was destroyed by Knut (Canute) at the battle of Asingdon.
		Emma was the daughter of Duke Richard I. She was the widow of King Ethelred "The Unready" of England,(978-1016) (whom she married in 1002, at age 15).
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/canute.html (837 words)

	King Cnut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cnut was still young when he became king of England, but he had either been well trained in statesmanship, or more likely, he listened to the advice of his more experienced counsellors.
		Cnut was a Christian when he became king, but he retained the mentality of a Viking.
		In 1026 Cnut was in Denmark again to face a threat from an alliance between King Onund-Jakob of Sweden and King Olaf Haraldsson of Norway.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/vikings/cnutaut.html (2410 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of January 19
		In the Exeter martyrology, Branwallader is described a the son of the Cornish king, Kenen.
		Canute began his reign with a successful war against the troublesome, barbarous enemies of the state, and by planting the faith in conquered territories.
		Canute aided the missionaries in order to convert his people and those of Livonia, Samogitia, and Courland, heightened the authority of the clergy (making some of them powerful temporal lords), imposed the payment of tithes for the upkeep, combatted heathen customs, and built many churches, including that of Lund.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0119.htm (5590 words)

	Timeline of Anglo Saxon England 978 AD-1066 AD
		Manx Vikings led by King Godfred I ally themselves with Prince Custennin of Gwynedd and raid Anglesey and the Lleyn Peninsula.
		- King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark lands in England and is proclaimed king; Aethelred II the Unready flees to Normandy.
		He and King Canute II of Denmark and Norway meet on the Isle of Alney near Deerhurst and agree to divide the kingdom: Canute holds the north and Edmund Wessex; Edmund is assassinated; Canute takes the throne as King Canute the Great of England.
	www.britannia.com /history/saxontime5.html (808 words)

	TimeRef - History Timelines
		Robert I, Duke of Normandy was an ally of the French King Henry I and also assisted the two English brothers Edward (to become Edward the Confessor) and Alfred, sons of Athelred King of the English who was overthrown by Canute in 1016.
		King Canute died as Shaftesbury leaving the rule of the country in dispute between Harthacnut (the son of Emma) and Harold Harefoot (the son of Aelfgifu).
		Harold Harefoot was proclaimed king of England, and Emma was exiled to to Bruges.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/hstt41.htm (646 words)

	MARTYR-KING OLAF OF NORWAY - A Holy Orthodox Saint of Norway
		For Canute's hatred had not been extinguished; and the jealousy of this Cain was destined both to open a fruitful mission-field and to provide a martyr's crown for the latter day Abel.
		It was twelve months and five days from the death of the king to the day his holy relics were taken up, the coffin having risen out of the earth and looking as new as if it had just been planned.
		King Canute made no opposition to the veneration of St. Olaf, and churches dedicated to the saint were soon being built throughout the Viking world, from Dublin to the Orkneys to Novgorod.
	www.orthodox.net /western-saints/olaf-martyr-king-of-norway.html (2465 words)

	Timeline: 1000-1100 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		King Aethelred II ("the Unready" or "Poorly Counseled") ravages Cumberland and southwestern Scotland.
		Canute marries Emma of Normandy, widow of Aethelred II.
		Godfrey of Bouillon is elected King of the city of Jerusalem.
	guweb2.gonzaga.edu /faculty/wheeler/timeline_1000.html (1447 words)

	King Canute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		King Canute lived in an age when it was traditional for people to be "subjects" and to pay homage to the monarch, and his followers worshipped him and would say things like "Oh great majesty, the very sea obeys your mighty command".
		And Canute put it to his courtiers that the sea was NOT obeying him and that they should admit that no king has power to command the forces of nature by word.
		In the end the followers were forced to agree and to state that the king did not have the power to command the sea.
	www.zyra.org.uk /canute.htm (265 words)

	Commentary: Bush as King Canute - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Canute famously placed his throne on the seashore and told the incoming sea tide to turn back.
		He is supposed to have staged the display to prove to his courtiers he was only a man and knew that he couldn't control the big wide world just by telling it what to do.
		But the judgment of international investors and the managers of the world's central banks against him and his policies is flowing in as remorselessly as the tide did around King Canute.
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20050126-112045-8890r.htm (1192 words)

	January 19 Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Canute was a strong, wise king of Denmark.
		Canute knelt in church at the foot of the altar and offered his crown to the King of kings, Jesus.
		Canute tried to be a good king so he could thank Jesus for all the blessings he had received.
	www.tntt.org /vni/tlieu/saints/St0119.htm (246 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Cnut, King of the English: On Heriots and Reliefs, c (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		And after that, a king's thegn's, of those who are nearest to him; four horses, two saddled and two unsaddled, and two swords and four spears and as many shields, and a helmet and a coat of mail and fifty mancuses of gold.
		And if he have further relation to the king, two horses, one saddled and the other unsaddled, and one sword and two spears and two shields and fifty mancuses of gold; and he who is of less means, two pounds.
		The relief of a count, which belongs to the king, is eight horses, of which four will be saddled and bridled and with them four breast-plates, four helmets, four lances, four shields, and four swords.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/1035Cnutrelf.html (571 words)

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		Canute the Great (Knud den Store in Danish) was both the greatest Viking and the greatest ruler of Anglo-Saxon England.
		Canute's purpose in this was to demonstrate the vanity of earthly powers in the face of heavenly power.
		It is related that during the civil war in the 1640s between Parliament and King Charles I, the puritans ransacked the chests and scattered the bones about the cathedral.
	www.astoft.co.uk /canute (410 words)

	The Wisdom of King Canute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The king was surrounded by courtiers given to extolling their ruler's powers in grandiose terms.
		To demonstrate their foolishness and to illustrate how limited his powers were, King Canute engineered the confrontation between a royal edict and the laws of nature governing the rise and fall of the tides.
		King Canute, in his wisdom, knew what rulers cannot do; that knowledge, however, must be placed alongside a recognition of and emphasis upon what rulers must do.
	www.libertyhaven.com /theoreticalorphilosophicalissues/libertarianism/wisdomking.html (5483 words)

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