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EPISODE · Feb 5, 2020 · 28 MIN

341 – King Cnut of England

from The Dark Ages | The British History Podcast

Cnut made a lot of smart moves in a very short amount of time. He outlawed much of the corruption that had plagued the courts of AEthelred. He scrubbed his new kingdom of the loyalists to Edmund Ironsides. He granted key lands to key followers. Executed the main claimant to the throne, Eadwig. He executed Eadric Streona.

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