The Empire of Cnut the Great

Timothy Bolton, Ph.D. (2005) in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, is the Specialist in Western Medieval Manuscripts at Sotheby's. He has published a number of studies in journals such as Medieval Scandinavia and Nottingham Medieval Studies on various aspects of Anglo-Scandinavian rule in England and Scandinavia.

All those interested in Anglo-Saxon history, early Anglo-Norman history, early medieval Scandinavian history, and the history of medieval politics and conquest.

Preface and Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Figures

General Introduction

Part One The NAture of Cnut's Hegemonies in England
1. Introduction
2. National Government in Cnut's Reign: The Roayl Court
3. The Government in the Localities of Southumbrian England in teh Reign of Cnut
4. Cnut and the English Church
5. Cnut and the Imperium of late Anglo-Saxon England: Northumbria, Wales, Scotland and Ireland

Part Two The Nature of Cnut's Hegemonies in Scandinavia
6. Introduction
7. Cnut and the development of the 'MAchinery of Control' in Western and Central Denmark
8. Cnut, Eastern Denmakr and the Baltic: The Struggle for Supremacy
9. Danish Supremacy in Scandinavian in the Early Eleventh Century: Cnut and the Regmies of Norway and Sweden
10.The Conquest of Norway and the Development of Imperial Aspirations

Conclusions
Appendix A
Appendix B
Bibliography
Index