Battle of Assandun, 1016 - Cnut the Great conquers England

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➤ Narration: David McCallion

➤ Awesome online sources that helped with our research for this topic, check them out!

- Rex Factor podcast: - a fantastic podcast about the kings of Britain, highly recommended for any history lover.

- Rex Factor blog: - concise and excellently written.

- A Clerk of Oxford: - a well researched in-depth series about the Danish conquest of England.

- Patricia Bracewell: - excellent piece that also touches a bit more on the battle itself.


➤ Sources:
Swein Forkbeard’s Invasions and the Danish Conquest of England, 991-1017 - by Ian Howard

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - translated by Rev. James Ingram

William of Malmesbury: Gesta Regum Anglorum - The History of the English Kings (Oxford Medieval Texts) - translated by R.A.B. Mynors, R.M.Thomson, M. Winterbottom

The Battle of Maldon: Fiction and Fact, Ed. J. Cooper

Chronicle of John of Worcester - translated by J. Bray, P. McGurk

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