Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 27, 2025
Knut's English affairs and Danish being all settled to his mind, he seems, especially after that year of pilgrimage to Rome, and association with the Pontiffs and Kaisers of the world on that occasion, to have turned his more particular attention upon Norway, and the claims he himself had there.
King Svein Estrithson; so called from Astrid or Estrith, his mother, the great Knut's sister, daughter of Svein Forkbeard by that amazing Sigrid the Proud, who burnt those two ineligible suitors of hers both at once, and got a switch on the face from Olaf Tryggveson, which proved the death of that high man.
They were awakened by voices. "It's men!" whispered Otto, clutching Knut's arm in terror. "Oh, why did we ever run away! They'll be sure to find us!" "Be quiet, Otto," muttered Knut. "Do you want them to hear? Lie still, and I'll think of some way to escape." "Are you sure this is the right tree?" said a man's voice. "Don't you see the mark?" asked another.
His talents were so much appreciated, that he received the great Earldom of Wessex, the portion of England least under the power of the Danes, and where the old line of Alfred was most loved and regretted, since it was their hereditary kingdom. For this reason Godwin was desirous to maintain the Danes in England after Knut's death, and to keep the scattered royal line at a distance.
Hakon having vanished in this dark way, there ensued a pause, both on Knut's part and on Norway's. Pause or interregnum of some months, till it became certain, first, whether Hakon were actually dead, secondly, till Norway, and especially till King Knut himself, could decide what to do.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking