Cnut the Great's North Sea Empire (1020s)

Name: Cnut the Great's North Sea Empire (1020s)
Start: 1020
End: 1029

Type Event Region Europe Time 1020–1029

After conquering England in 1016, Cnut the Great in the 1020s integrated Denmark, England, and Norwegian influence into a hegemonic system across the…

Timeline

1020–1027England · EnglandCnut used Winchester as one of his political centers, reformed the English church and local administration, and brought the old Danish nobility and Anglo-Saxon elite into a ruling alliance, laying the foundation for a cross-Channel system of taxation and military mobilization.
1028–1029Norway · NorwayCnut conquered Norway with a fleet, installed his son Sweyn as king of Norway, and crowned himself 'King of all Norwegians'; the North Sea Empire reached its height, and his direct intervention led to the exile of Olaf II and ultimately provoked the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030.

Sources

Cnut: The Danes in England in the Early Eleventh Century — M. K. Lawson (1993)
Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway — Snorri Sturluson (1230)