Cnut

In Our Time: History

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🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Danish prince who became a very effective King of England in 1016. Cnut inherited a kingdom in a sorry state. The north and east coast had been harried by Viking raiders, and his predecessor King Æthelred II had struggled to maintain order amongst the Anglo-Saxon nobility too. Cnut proved to be skilful ruler. Not only did he bring stability and order to the kingdom, he exported the Anglo-Saxon style of centralised government to Denmark. Under Cnut, England became the cosmopolitan centre of a multi-national North Atlantic Empire, and a major player in European politics. With Erin Goeres Associate Professor of Old Norse Language and Literature at University College London Pragya Vohra Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of York and Elizabeth Tyler Professor of Medieval Literature and Co-Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York Producer Luke Mulhall

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.7	Thanks for downloading this episode of In Our Time.
0:07.2	There's a reading list to go with it on our website,
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0:14.6	I hope you enjoyed the program.
0:16.0	Hello, in 1016, a Danish prince called Canute
0:18.9	became King of England.
0:20.6	He and Heritage Kingdom in a sorry state.
0:23.2	The north and east coast had been harrid by biking raiders,
0:26.6	and his predecessor, King Ethel, in the second,
0:28.9	had struggled to maintain order among the Anglo-Saxon
0:32.0	ability.
0:33.4	Canute proved to be a skillful ruler.
0:35.9	Not only did he bring stability and order to the kingdom,
0:39.0	he exported the Anglo-Saxon style of centralised government
0:42.3	to Denmark.
0:43.4	Under Canute, England became the Cosmopolitan centre
0:46.5	of a multinational, North Atlantic empire,
0:49.3	and a major player in European politics.
0:52.3	We'd be to discuss King Canute, our Aarringaurs,
0:55.4	Associate Professor of Old Norse Language,
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