Dressed in armour, watching his fleet fall to his Danish rival, King Olaf I Tryggvason of Norway threw himself into the sea, sinking to his death and denying his enemies the pleasure […]
Sweyn Forkbeard, Olaf Tryggvason, and the Kingship of Norway
Danish Invasion, Viking Violence, and Cnut’s Mutilation of Hostages at Sandwich
By 1028, Cnut the Great had brought England, Denmark, and Norway into a vast North Sea hegemony under his kingship. It was an unrivalled achievement that granted Cnut the political clout to […]
