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

by Laurence Marcellus Larson

[293] Snorre, Saga of Saint Olaf, c. 130.

[294] Snorre, Saga of Saint Olaf, c. 131.

[295] Snorre, Saga of Saint Olaf, c. 131.

[296] Corpus Poeticum Boreale, ii., 133-134.

[297] Snorre, Saga of Saint Olaf, c. 131.

[298] Ibid.

[299] Snorre, Saga of Saint Olaf, c. 132. The legendary Olafs-saga tells us that the gifts were two golden candlesticks, a golden dish highly jewelled for the table service, and two gold rings. Anund is said to have remarked that he did not wish to sell Olaf for a dish.

[300] Snorre, Saga of Saint Olaf, c. 134.

[301] Florence of Worcester, Chronicon, i., 184.

[302] Speculum Historiale, ii., 178.