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Cnut the Great and the North Sea Empire, 1016–1035 | Calm Bedtime History

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In October 1016, on the ridges of Essex, the army of King Edmund Ironside met the Danish forces of Cnut after months of siege, marching, and attrition. Within six weeks Edmund was dead, and Cnut was preparing to rule all England from a throne won beside the North Sea.

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