278,282Coins, English and Danish,235,236,282,323Coldstream,141Cologne,227,298Commerce, Scandinavian,286ff.Conrad II, Emperor,16,227-230,267-269,273,320,345Consiliatio Cnuti,278Cork,18Coronation, imperial,225,227,228,269Corvey, Widukind of,seeWidukindCotentin, district in Normandy,19n.,254Court at Winchester,261-263Court poetry, old Norse,293ff.Coventry,177Crediton,167,168,229Cricklade,78Cross, the, of Winchester,174,175Croyland, abbey of,313Culture, old Northern,285ff.,328Cynewulf, old English poet,297DDanegeld,27,28,38,44,45,62,97,98,113,150,210Danelaw, established by the vikings,18,19;extent of,19,20,69,71;importance of, in English history,21;Scandinavian elements in,39,59,114,193,264,273,280;spared by Sweyn and Canute,50,83;heathendom in,275;administrative areas in,281;cities in,287;supports Elgiva,334;other mention of,102,107Danes, become Christians,7;interested in Wendland,9,16,152ff.,260;as colonisers,19ff.,27,39,61,84,258;as merchants,21,22;as vikings,25,26,41,43,97;kill St. Alphege,44,172;attack London,51,86;proclaim Canute king,58,59;in England,70,71,92ff.,96,111,115,139,146,192,262;rule of, in England,104ff.;preferred by Canute for important offices,120ff.,146,169,263,280;show opposition to Canute,240;in Norway,252,284;other mention of,3,5,11,13,231,311,325,334,336,347et passimDanework,5,7Deerhurst, agreement of,97,99,106;monastery of,172Deira, old English kingdom,128Denmark, extent of,3,4,10-12,35,160,161,268,269;imperial ambitions of,27,28,33;hegemony of,35,36,56;invasion of England from,45ff.;Harold king of,58,138;return of Canute and the viking chiefs to,64,67,68,72ff.;Canute king of,111,138,258,267;return of the host to,130,141;Canute's journeys to,142ff.,158,167,175,207,214ff.,229,231,243;importance of union of, with England,144,145,328,329;extended to the Eider,160,161,268,269;progress of Christianity in,163,190,195,271,272;viceroys of,159,211,314;rebellion in,212,214;Harthacanute king of,242,260,331,334,335;expansion of, into Slavic lands,258,267;institutional development of,282;cities in,286,287;Magnus king of,338;claimed by Sweyn Ulfsson,339;union of, with England dissolved,340;other mention of,7,48,98,129,130,211,226,240,333,341,344;seeDanes, Canute, and ScandinaviaDerby,20Devon,26,40,52,125,166,167Dol, castle of,62Domesday Book,134Dorchester,95Dorset,75,88,321Dragon ship,seeShipsDrammen Firth,242Dublin,18,61,233,259Duduc, Bishop,312Düna River,158Durham,140,141,172,177EEadric, Mercian Earl, slays Sigeferth and Morcar,70;Earl of Mercia,71,79,115,118,120,122;jealous disposition of,72;deserts to Canute,77,78;in the battle of Sherstone,88,89;makes peace with Edmund,89,91;quarrels with Edmund,92;plays the traitor at Ashington,94,96,100;suspected of causing Edmund's death,100;position of, in Canute's councils,110;Ethelred's son-in-law,115,117;executed,118,122-124Eadulf Cudel, Northumbrian Earl,120,140,141Eagmargach,seeJehmarcEanham, assembly of,42Earl, office of,114Earldoms in England,114,115East Anglia,24,27,41,43,45,66,67,97,104,115,138Eddic poems,183Edgar, King of England,23,84,139,164,171,343Edith, wife of Thurkil,117,118,146Edmund Ironside, English King, marries Aldgyth,71;assumes leadership in the Danelaw,72,77,78;harries the western shires,79;with the army in London,83;is chosen king,86,104;raises the south-west,87-88;fights at Penselwood, Sherstone, and Brentford,87,90;raises Wessex,90;attacks the Danes at Otford,91,92;quarrels with Eadric,92;defeated at Ashington,93-95;retires to the Severn Valley,96;makes terms and enters into fraternal relations with Canute,97,98;death of,99,100,125;career and character of,100-102;sons of,106,125,126;buried at Glastonbury,174Edmund, son of Edmund Ironside,125Edward, son of Ethelred,53,59,60,127,193,253-256,338-340Edwy, son of Ethelred,125Eglaf,seeEilifEider River,6,160,268Eikunda-sound,235,236,238,239Eilif, viking chief and Earl in England,43,67,68,102,118,119,121,136,149,215,220Einar Thongshaker, Norse magnate, guardian of Earl Hakon,69;defeated at the Nesses,80,81,201;in opposition to King Olaf,201,202,213;accepts the rule of Canute,242;disappointed in his ambitions,246,249,250;leads in the revolt of the Norsemen,315-317,319Eindrid, son of Einar,242Elbe River,153Elfhelm, ealdorman,128Elfward, Abbot, Canute's cousin,175Elfwine, Bishop,170Elfwine, king's priest and Bishop,312Elgiva, Canute's mistress,128,322;at Jomburg,159;in Norway,260,283,314;opposes the canonisation of St. Olaf,316,317;unpopular in Norway,318,319;withdraws to England,320,322;later activities of,333-335Elmham,170Ely, monastery of,170,325Emma, Queen of England, marries Ethelred,38,124,126;retires to Normandy,53;marries Canute,38,127-130,146,332;character of,128,322;makes a gift to St. Edmund's,170;assists at the translation of St. Alphege,173;intrigues of,212;difficulties of, after Canute's death,333-337;death of,323;other mention of,87,193,266Empire, the,48,160,264-269,310,320,330Empire of the North,255ff.;extent of,258ff.,324;decline of,258,328;capital of,261;institutional systems in,280ff.;civilisation of,285ff.;Canute's plans for the future of,331-333;collapse of,331ff.,339,340Encomiast, Canute's biographer, cited,46,47,49,54,64,65,72,73,88,91,96,100,117,123,129,226,260,332England, Scandinavian settlements in,18ff.;vikings in,22ff.,27-30,44,45;Danish conquest of,37ff.,46ff.,49,66ff.;part of, friendly to Danes,47,50;revolts against Canute,58ff.;is attacked by Canute,66ff.,75ff.;civil strife in,69ff.,77ff.;exhaustion of,96;divided at Deerhurst,97;Canute king of,100,106,152,205,258-260,272,327,329,344;Danish rule in,104ff.;reorganised by Canute,114ff.;church of, in Canute's day,162ff.;debt of Northern churches to,190,261,272;Norwegian conspirators in,202,203;threatened with Norman invasion,254;heathendom in,277;institutional influence of Scandinavians in,28off.;Northern scalds in,294ff.;Harold Harefoot king of,334,335;Harthacanute king of,332,337,338;other mention of,3,7,82,83,86,129,214,229,231,232,243,248,280,282,320,347et passimEre-thing, the,239,240,242Eric, King of Denmark,191Eric Bloodax, King of Norway,9,10;sons of,181Eric Hakonsson, Earl in Norway and England, fightsat Hjörunga Bay,12;marries Canute's sister,33,56;fights at Swald,34,35,82,116;Earl in Norway,35,110,197,200,201,245;summoned to assist Canute in England,65,68,69,72;Earl of Northumbria,80,81,83,115,118,120,121,140,142;raids Mercia,91;character of,110,148,149;death of,147,148,150,202;other mention of,102,119,222,293Eric the Victorious, King of Sweden,11,12,28-31,56Eric's Praise, the,91n.Erling, son of Earl Hakon,13Erling Skjalgsson, power and influence of,199-201,294;in Canute's service,213,235,239;death of,243,244;sons of,207,250Essex,26,93,97Esthonians,158Estrid, Canute's sister,119,121,223,253,254,266,322,338,340Ethelmer, ealdorman,52Ethelnoth the Good, Archbishop of Canterbury,165,166,173,174,190,194,344Ethelred the Ill-counselled, King of England, accession andinheritance of,23,25;