He was the first 'King of all England.' One story tells how King Cnut stood on the shore and commanded the sea to turn back. By getting his feet wet, he was showing people he had less power than God.
On Valentine's Day, the most romantic day of the year, here is the history of St Catherine's Chapel near Abbotsbury, whose namesake St ...
Canute, king of England during the 11th century, achieved legendary status by ordering his servants to carry his throne to the shore, whereupon he ordered the tide to stop rising. When the ocean ...
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University of Winchester professor in new Viking docudramaA University of Winchester academic has become the consultant for a new French docudrama series on the Vikings and their 'Empire of the North Sea'. Professor of Early Medieval history, Ryan Lavelle, ...
Trump evicts highest-ranking woman in the military from her home on short notice after her ouster over obsession with DEI policies; Musk savagely trolls whining federal workers as ...
Dozens of ancient coins believed to have been stolen by Roman troops during the conquest of Britain have been unearthed in a Dutch field. The 44 gold coins bearing the inscription of AD40 British ...
The true long-term regret of the Gatland era has been the steady erosion of tactical nous and constructive, quicksilver thinking in the backline, and that is probably the reason for Matt Sherratt’s ...
The 44 gold coins bearing the inscription of AD40 British Celtic King Cunobelin were discovered ... with English kings Aethelred II (AD 978 - 1016) and Canute (AD 1016 to 1035) also present ...
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