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Volume II · The Medieval Age of Faith

Cnut the Great

King and warlord

House of Gorm (Jelling Dynasty) ↗
1 engagement in this atlasRecorded here: 1016

A reading of the engagements that name Cnut the Great. These records trace part of a life, not a complete biography.

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1016

Battle of Assandun

The setting
Essex, England (exact site debated)

Open ground near a ridge

Reveal the outcome

Recorded sideDenmark

Recorded resultvictory

Danish victory; led to partition and then Cnut's rule over all England

How the atlas explains it

Cnut's force held its shield wall while a section of the English army reportedly broke and fled, collapsing Edmund Ironside's line. The defeat forced a treaty that gave Cnut the throne on Edmund's death weeks later.

What followed

Secured the Danish conquest of England and the foundation of Cnut's North Sea Empire.

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