{"product_id":"cnut-the-great","title":"Cnut the Great","description":"\u003cb\u003eA seminal biography of Cnut, the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A gripping and revelatory biography of Britain's Danish conqueror.\"— Simon Sebag Montefiore, \u003ci\u003eThe Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Historian Timothy Bolton offers a fascinating reappraisal of one of the most misunderstood of the Anglo-Saxon kings: Cnut, the powerful Danish warlord who conquered England and created a North Sea empire in the eleventh century. This seminal biography draws from a wealth of written and archaeological sources to provide the most detailed accounting to date of the life and accomplishments of a remarkable figure in European history, a forward-thinking warrior-turned-statesman who created a new Anglo-Danish regime through designed internationalism.","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54219796250968,"sku":"9780300243185","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780300243185.jpg?v=1777061744","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/cnut-the-great","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}