Born from blood and vengeance, Canute rose beyond his father's shadow to unite England, Denmark, and Norway under one crown—becoming the greatest Viking king in history.

Let’s not forget that, once upon a time, Catholicism was quite active in those countries. The Church honors “three kings” as ...

Moments before King Canute died, Godwin (David Oakes) told Emma she should call Edward as the earls would turn against her and there could be a civil war as a result, but Emma had already called ...

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King Canute can command the tides to recede all he likes, but the rising tide pays no attention to his royal wishes. But the perhaps apocryphal story of the actual ancient English king, ...

The white man in China last week was King Canute uneasy on his little throne, the foreign concessions, defying the tide of Chinese Nationalism not to engulf him. Throughout Europe disgruntled ...

To the Editor: In the July 8 issue of the Journal, page 114, Dr. Allen S. Johnson misstated the legend about King Canute and apparently has misunderstood its message. King Canute commanded the sea ...