Timothy Bolton is the author of The Empire of Cnut the Great. He is an honorary fellow of both Cardiff and Aberdeen Universities.
"A gripping and revelatory biography of Britain's Danish
conqueror."— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Week
“Yale’s invaluable English Monarchs series receives an impressive
addition with this life of Cnut, the Danish warlord who conquered
England in the first half of the 11th century. Bolton, a
Stockholm-based scholar, restores Cnut’s image by drawing on a full
range of Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon sources.”
—Tony Barber, Financial Times
“How did Cnut win this power and how did he use it? Timothy Bolton
is a formidable scholar who endeavours to answer these
questions.”—Lawrence James, The Times, 11th February 2017
“It is evident that Timothy Bolton masters the English written
sources of the period to perfection. We get a finely tuned history
of the means and ways in which Cnut wielded power through the
machinery of government, carried out by the personnel in the
English church. It is also apparent that Bolton has a fine ear for
the complexities of utilising the few, limited and late written
sources from Scandinavia… it is an invaluable introduction for
cultural historians and archaeologists to what a proper political
historian fostered in the English tradition can wring out of source
material.”—Karen Schousbe, Medieval Histories
Timothy Bolton’s book is a timely reminder that seas connect as
much as they separate, and that even a thousand years ago it was
common to hear different languages on English streets... It is
pleasing to see an early medieval king given the same attention as
his successors.”—Lesley Abrams, TLS
“Bolton has made an exhaustive study of the available sources, both
texts and artefacts. His narrative has the virtues of a well-told
story.”—Dr. Nicholas Orme, Church Times
“This is a very readable and serviceable overview of the reign of
Cnut, and a useful recapitulation, at a reasonable price, of many
aspects of Bolton’s important original study” —Barbara Yorke, The
English Historical Review
"Smart, pithy, scholarly biography of one of England's
least-understood but most intriguing kings. Another excellent
volume in the authoritative Yale Monarchs series."—Dan Jones,
author of The Plantagenets and The Wars of The
Roses
"Through judicious use of Northern sources Timothy Bolton gives us
a Cnut firmly rooted in Scandinavia, and a nuanced portrait of an
English monarch and Scandinavian ruler active on a European
stage."—Pauline Stafford, author of Queen Emma and Queen
Edith
"Drawing on a range of rich resources from Old Norse sagas and
poetry to charters, chronicles and laws from England, Timothy
Bolton presents a fresh and engaging account of the compelling
figure of Cnut in all his diverse glory."—Rory Naismith, King’s
College London, author of Money and Power in Anglo-Saxon
England
"In this stimulating and timely study, Timothy Bolton illuminates a
king and an age of supreme importance. Cnut's forging of an
Anglo-Scandinavian Empire and England's place within it are
explored in original and thought-provoking ways - fresh evidence is
put forward and well-known material considered anew. Bolton is a
confident guide through the tangled thicket of sources that
surround Cnut, handling English and Scandinavian texts with insight
and sensitivity."— Martin J. Ryan, co-author of The
Anglo-Saxon World
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