King Canute’s Roots in Mirkwood

January 18, 2016

This blog was written by Professor Judith Jesch in anticipation of the Fell-Benedikz Lecture taking place 29 January 2016. King Canute is today best known for the apocryphal story in which he demonstrates to his courtiers that he cannot hold back the tide. But more significantly, a thousand years ago this year, he became the …