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

by Laurence Marcellus Larson

[215] Danmarks Riges Historie, i., 325-326. Steenstrup, Venderne og de Danske, 49.

[216] Jómsvikingasaga, c. 24.

[217] Normannerne, iii., 322-325.

[218] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1023.

[219] Steenstrup, Normannerne, i., 195-199; iii., 322-325.

[220] Saxo, Gesta Danorum, 328. The Sembrians are described by Adamus in his history (iv., c. 18) as a very barbarous but humane race.

[221] Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum, 187. The author dates this expedition in 1019, which is probably incorrect. An expedition to Wendland earlier than 1022 is quite unlikely.

[222] Steenstrup, Venderne og de Danske, 66.

[223] Adamus, Gesta, ii., c. 54

[224] See Manitius, Deutsche Geschichte unter den sächsischen und salischen Kaisern, 370.