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This was the era of the Anglo-Scandinavian Empire, formed in Britain and Scandinavia under the king of England, Canute, a Danish prince. It didn't outlast him b
by beschizza 5y ago
This was the era of the Anglo-Scandinavian Empire, formed in Britain and Scandinavia under the king of England, Canute, a Danish prince. It didn't outlast him by long (and Norway was independent until the 1020s) but the coincidence of political consolidation in northern europe with brief settlement in north America is interesting.
- sleepyhead 5y agoNorway was independent until 1397.
- beschizza 5y agoIt was part of Canute's empire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_Empire) for a few years in the early 11th century, until his death.