Canute the Great, 995 (circa)-1035, and the Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age

by Laurence Marcellus Larson

[95] Encomium Emmæ, ii., c. 3.

[96] Snorre, Saga of Saint Olaf, c. 24.

[97] Ibid., Olaf Trygvesson's Saga, c. 108.

[98] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1015; Florence of Worcester, Chronicon, i., 170-171. The Five Boroughs had by this time become the Seven Boroughs.

[99] William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum, i., 213.

[100] William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum, i., 213.

[101] The Encomiast counts two hundred ships (Encomium Emmæ, ii., c. 4). The Jómsvikingasaga reports 960 (c. 52). Adam of Bremen puts the number at 1000 (Gesta, ii., c. 50). The Encomiast is doubtless nearest the truth.

[102] The Knytlingasaga seems to indicate that Eric came late (c 13).

[103] Encomium Emmæ, ii., c. 4.

[104] Snorre, Saga of Saint Olaf, cc. 28-29.