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UNINA9910798758003321 |
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Cabanès Augustin <1862-1928, > |
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Titolo |
Les morts mystérieuses de l'histoire . Tome II Rois, reines et princes français de Louis XIII à Napoléon III / / Augustin Cabanès |
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[Place of publication not identified] : , : Ligaran, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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1 online resource (198 p.) |
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France Kings and rulers Death |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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UNINA9910162707203321 |
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Autore |
Bolton Timothy |
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Titolo |
Cnut the Great / / Timothy Bolton |
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New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2017] |
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©2017 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
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The English Monarchs Series |
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Danes - England - History |
HISTORY / Medieval |
Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography |
Great Britain History Canute, 1017-1035 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Previously issued in print: 2017. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PLATES -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- MAPS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Cnut's Childhood and Youth -- 2. The Invasions of England in 1013 and 1016 -- 3. The Early Years of Rule in England -- 4. The Rise to Dominance over Scandinavia -- 5. Cnut and the Field of European Politics -- 6. The Period of Mature Rule in England and Scandinavia -- 7. The Aftermath of Cnut's Death -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX I: THE STORY OF CNUT AND THE WAVES -- APPENDIX II: CONCORDANCE OF CHARTERS CITED IN THIS VOLUME -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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A seminal biography of the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire Historian Timothy Bolton offers a fascinating reappraisal of one of the most misunderstood of the Anglo-Saxon kings: Cnut, the powerful Danish warlord who conquered England and created a North Sea empire in the eleventh century. This seminal biography draws from a wealth of written and archaeological sources to provide the most detailed |
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accounting to date of the life and accomplishments of a remarkable figure in European history, a forward-thinking warrior-turned-statesman who created a new Anglo-Danish regime through designed internationalism. |
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