King Etherlred II was forced to flee the country at Christmas, 1013, leaving king Sweyn I of Denmark in possession. Sweyn died the following February, and Ethelred was restored. Ethelred's son Edmund II, Ironside, reigned only 7 months. The Danish King Canute II (Cnut), Sweyn's son, who was also king of Norway & Denmark, became King of England. He was chosen by the Witan. He married Ethelred's widow, Emma of Normandy. He divided England into 4 earldoms Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria & East Anglia and appointed an earl to rule over each of them. Canute continued to collect Danegeld tax & used the money for his army & fleet. He ruled according to the Anglo-Saxon laws. He became a Christian. Before he died, he left his throne of England to his son Hardicanute, but as he wasn't in England at the time of his father's deaths, the general feeling turned in favour of his brother, Harold Harefoot.
returned and got a victory over the danes, Canute/Cnut Cnut was the king of Denmark, Norway and England, all England in 1016, was set out to rule as a rightful king Acted ruthlessly to secure the trone: seversl elading English killed Issued laws, founded monasterys, was a strong, efficient king, after his death the empire fell apart Pointed several English as bishops in Denmark, divided kingdom into 4 earldoms, while abroad The vikings of Normandy 789 first ships to England Big raid in Kent 835. three decades of yearly attacks, arrival of a full-scaled army Reasons_ Growth of population in Vikings home landin many european countries from 850´s onwards In Ireland, ScotlandWales and Cornwall- mainly Norwegian, in English, Frankish lands- Danish 9th C invaded England, conquered all nothern, Feudalism, manor system
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