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Cnut 1016-1035 AD Danish
As a prince of Denmark, Cnut won the throne of England in 1016 in the wake of centuries of Viking activity throughout the British Isles. His accession to the Danish throne in 1018 brought the crowns of England and Denmark together. Cnut held this power-base together by uniting Danes and Englishmen under cultural bonds of wealth and custom, rather than sheer brutality. After a decade of conflict with opponents in Scandinavia , Cnut claimed the crown of Norway in Trondheim in 1028. The Swedish city Sigtuna was held by Cnut. He had coins struck which called him king there, but there is no narrative record of his occupation.
The kingship of England of course lent the Danes an important link to the maritime zone between Great Britain and Ireland, where Cnut like his father before him had a strong interest. In light of the struggles of the Danes for preeminence within Scandinavia, Cnut's rule was definitely felt by the sea-kingdoms of the Viking settlers among the Celtic nations ; known as the Gall Gaidel. Chief among these were the Kingdom of the Isles (probably under direct overlordship through one of his lieutenants) in the Sea of the Hebrides, and the Kingdom of Dublin , in the Irish Sea. The chief goal here was to control the western seaways to and from Scandinavia, and to check the might of the Earls of Orkney.
Cnut's possession of England's archdioceses and the continental diocese of Denmark - with a claim laid upon it by the Holy Roman Empire's Hamburg-Bremen archdiocese - was a source of great leverage within the Church , gaining notable concessions from the Pope , such as one on the price of the pallium of his bishops. Cnut also gained concessions on the tolls his people had to pay on the way to Rome from other magnates of medieval Christendom , at the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor . After his 1026 victory against Norway and Sweden, and on his way to Rome for this coronation, Cnut styled himself in a letter written for the benefit of his subjects king of all England and Denmark and the Norwegians and of some of the Swedes.
*Cnut 1 Short Cross Penny Moneyer- Brunstan of Thetford
**Pointed Helmet-Moneyer Witherin of York
*** Quartre foil Moneyer-Winas of Crewkwerne
****Quarter foil Penny Moneyer Ulfgrim of York, circa 1017-1023. London mint; Eadwine, moneyer.
+CNVT REX ANGLORVM•, crowned bust left in quadrilobe / +SIBO-DA ON PINC-STRE, voided long cross on quatrefoil with pellet at each apex. 1.08 grams.
As a prince of Denmark, Cnut won the throne of England in 1016 in the wake of centuries of Viking activity throughout the British Isles. His accession to the Danish throne in 1018 brought the crowns of England and Denmark together. Cnut held this power-base together by uniting Danes and Englishmen under cultural bonds of wealth and custom, rather than sheer brutality. After a decade of conflict with opponents in Scandinavia , Cnut claimed the crown of Norway in Trondheim in 1028. The Swedish city Sigtuna was held by Cnut. He had coins struck which called him king there, but there is no narrative record of his occupation.
The kingship of England of course lent the Danes an important link to the maritime zone between Great Britain and Ireland, where Cnut like his father before him had a strong interest. In light of the struggles of the Danes for preeminence within Scandinavia, Cnut's rule was definitely felt by the sea-kingdoms of the Viking settlers among the Celtic nations ; known as the Gall Gaidel. Chief among these were the Kingdom of the Isles (probably under direct overlordship through one of his lieutenants) in the Sea of the Hebrides, and the Kingdom of Dublin , in the Irish Sea. The chief goal here was to control the western seaways to and from Scandinavia, and to check the might of the Earls of Orkney.
Cnut's possession of England's archdioceses and the continental diocese of Denmark - with a claim laid upon it by the Holy Roman Empire's Hamburg-Bremen archdiocese - was a source of great leverage within the Church , gaining notable concessions from the Pope , such as one on the price of the pallium of his bishops. Cnut also gained concessions on the tolls his people had to pay on the way to Rome from other magnates of medieval Christendom , at the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor . After his 1026 victory against Norway and Sweden, and on his way to Rome for this coronation, Cnut styled himself in a letter written for the benefit of his subjects king of all England and Denmark and the Norwegians and of some of the Swedes.
*Cnut 1 Short Cross Penny Moneyer- Brunstan of Thetford
**Pointed Helmet-Moneyer Witherin of York
*** Quartre foil Moneyer-Winas of Crewkwerne
****Quarter foil Penny Moneyer Ulfgrim of York, circa 1017-1023. London mint; Eadwine, moneyer.
+CNVT REX ANGLORVM•, crowned bust left in quadrilobe / +SIBO-DA ON PINC-STRE, voided long cross on quatrefoil with pellet at each apex. 1.08 grams.
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(c.1029-1035) Short Cross, +AELFERD ON NORD - Moneyer Aelfferth at Norwich Mint - A very rare moneyer none listed, Saxon Estimated Value £320
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