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The Lund donation letter that cost him his crown's peace
A king signs a landmark Lund donation in 1085 and kneels at an Odense altar a year later-what did his ambition and the Lund letter cost him?
The Lund donation letter that cost him his crown's peace
In this episode, we trace Canute IV's rise from royal son to king, his military campaigns and political alliances, and the fateful decisions that followed the Lund donation letter. We follow the paths between a surviving 1085 document, an enormous invasion fleet at Limfjord, and a body examined nine centuries later-what do those crossroads reveal about his fall?
Person: Canute IV of Denmark
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