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Sentence Examples After the death of Ethelred the Unready in 1016, the throne of England passed to Canute. The King Canute mentality, which I believe is damagingly ingrained in City Hall, can no longer hold back the tide of change. He is a little like King Canute, who wanted to stop the tide coming in but was unsuccessful. It is petty, but his constant railing against human nature reminds one of King Canute ordering the tide to recede. King Canute dug peat to keep his people warm through the little ice age. This is the point. If we do not do this, then we will be like King Canute trying to stop the waves. At its centre is the dramatic hulk of that 37-metre longship, which could carry 100 warriors for King Canute. Those who think that the Trade Commissioner can reverse global economic change are asking King Canute to hold back the tide. Like Canute, Mr. King has not been treated kindly by history. Despite occasional attacks Vikings continue and reach its peak in 1013, when Danish King Canute took the city and forced the English king Ethelreda II. to flee. In 1027, Conrad II and Canute the Great again settled their mutual border at the Eider. Canute had his portion from the rest, The which he call'd Canutium, for his hire, Now Cantium, which Kent we commonly inquire. Sweyn ruled Wessex, along with his other realms, from 1013 onwards, followed by his son Canute the Great. King Canute was one early pilgrim, granting many privileges and much land to the Durham community. In the early 11th century, Canute the Great won and united Denmark, England, and Norway for almost 30 years with a Scandinavian army. After the Danish conquest of England in 1016, King Canute the Great had the infant Edward exiled to the continent. In 1085 Sweyn's son, now Canute IV of Denmark planned a major invasion against England but the assembled fleet never sailed. After the death of Canute the Great in 1035, England broke away from Danish control. These Old English Latin alphabets supplanted the earlier runes, whose use was fully banned under King Canute in the early 11th century. Canute and his housecarls fled south with a growing army of rebels on his heels. Show More Sentences But as Canute who called the sycophants' bluff by having his throne carried onto a beach to conduct the experiment they suggested knew all too well, you can't cheat nature. Canute fled to the royal property outside the town of Odense on Funen with his two brothers. Canute took weeks to arrive at Struer where the fleet had assembled, but he found only the Norwegians still there. Scandinavian sources attribute to Canute the death of Ulf soon afterward. Few of us would relish the King Canute role of turning back the tide of globalization and returning to local and national markets and single-state control of economies. When we think how long it took with King Canute in the 800s to establish property law and then in 1215 at Runnymede for some of the barons to say that the king should indeed have restrictions on his ability to tax. It strikes me that Canute had more sense than Europe's rulers have today. I commend King Canute to the House and hope that his report is accepted. Canada's equivalent of King Canute was Prime Minister Mackenzie King. From 895 Sussex suffered from constant raids by the Danes, till the accession of Canute, after which arose the two great forces of the house of Godwine and of the Normans. Vast territories in eastern England were overrun and occupied by the Vikings and the Danish King, Canute, eventually succeeded to the English crown. When the 11th century began its fourth decade, Canute was, with the single exception of the Emperor, the most imposing ruler in Latin Christendom. It is possible that Saxo then enlarged it with Books 15 and 16, telling the story of King Valdemar I's last years and King Canute VI's first years. When Queen Edele came to take Canute's body to Flanders, a light allegedly shone around the church and it was taken as a sign that Canute should remain where he was. Buckfast probably existed before Buckfastleigh as it is mentioned in the Domesday Book and in 1018 a Benedictine Abbey was founded and endorsed by King Canute at Buckfast. Examples from Classical Literature While Edmond had the advantage in strength, Canute was his superior in shrewdness. He is the page of Canute himself, a real Wandering Wolf, and recks not whom he attacks. There was once a king of England, named Canute, who was a brave and clever man. The missourian was not a fool like King Canute, who ordered back the waves. In Norway the problem was how to christianise and organise the land, and Canute had no great part in either. They declared their allegiance to Canute, who was the successor in the Danish line. Thou, of the race of Canute, knowest how popular was the reign of that King. This ended the war for the time, Canute returning to England. As it proved, King Canute was not the man to be caught napping. Yet, like King Canute demonstrated with the tide, global economic forces can be unstoppable. Canute the Dane was king of all the regions of the northwest of Europe. Yes, some people will be determined to keep Welsh alive, while many others pay lip service, but it's a bit like king Canute trying to hold back the tide. Once again they conquered, and Canute the Dane became King of England. Adopting a King Canute position of non-compliance will result in other regions being granted powers and responsibilities while we are just washed away. Others are more obscure, like King Canute and Elthelred the Unready. Find more words! 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