In 1012, Aethelred looked down and out. But Svein died, and Edmund Ironside appeared on the scene. Suddenly, Aethelred was a real king and all action, and Cnut was forced to flee. But he came back, and 1016 saw one of the great confrontations of English History, and a great...<div class="feedflare"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=LfumnP_GnF0:EnLJRw3yIK0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=LfumnP_GnF0:EnLJRw3yIK0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?a=LfumnP_GnF0:EnLJRw3yIK0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheHistoryOfEngland?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheHistoryOfEngland/~4/LfumnP_GnF0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

1.25 - 17 Cnut the Conqueror

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