Canute or Cnut 'the Great' (994?-1035), King of Denmark and of Norway, King of England 1018-1035. Sitter associated with 9 portraits.

Having invaded England in 1013 with his father, Sweyn, king of Denmark, he was acclaimed king on Sweyn's death in 1014 by his Viking army. Canute defeated Edmund (II) Ironside at Assandun, Essex, in ...

From Ocean Beach to Uluwatu to Narrabeen, seawalls are promoted as the solution to beach erosion. Often they are the problem.

For the son of Canute the Great and the descendant of this Harthacnut (c. 1018–1042), see Harthacnut.

A History of the Beginnings of England,’ historian Marc Morris recounts the turbulent era between the abandonment of Britain ...

At the battle of Assandun, in Essex, King Canute II of Denmark defeats Edmund. They meet on the Isle of Alney in the Severn and agree to divide the kingdom into two. Canute takes the land North of the ...

In the heart of the Borgo district, just a few steps from the Vatican, stands the church of Santa Maria in Traspontina, a place that combines the great Roman architectural tradition with a ...

Cnut the Great (; Old English: Cnut cyning; Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki; died 12 November 1035), also known as Canute, was King of England, Denmark and Norway, often referred to together as the North ...