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History Eng.

That's Better H-E-L-P. dot com slash History-E-N-G. You're going to Hello and welcome to the history of England episode 16

Knut the Conqueror. We left Knut last week at last secure on the throne of England. This week we're going to hear about how

Knut transformed himself from evil foreign conqueror to Christian English king.

The story of his reign is also very much an international

story. So in the past we've had hints of international policy and relationships with kings

like Offra and Athlstan, but Knut was qualitatively different.

A large part of his story is about his establishment, however temporarily, of a Scandinavian

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