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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 offer and Atholstan,

but Knut was qualitatively different.

A large part of his story is about his establishment, however temporarily, of a Scandinavian empire of which England was just one part.

So it's impossible to have any history of Knut without talking a bit about this, but I promise you I'm going to try and make sure that I don't get dragged too far into it.

As far as England's concerned, Knut had to find a way of uniting the country again after 30 years of war.

And what's more, he had to unite the country under him, one of the people who had torn the place apart in the first place.

So far the English had known him and his father as vicious invaders who had raped the English nation repeatedly,

done his best to impoverish them and acted with utter ruthlessness, such as episode that the mutilation of hostages in 1015.

So Knut would have known that this task was not a gimmie.

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