CHAPTER XXXII

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CANUTE THE DANE.

Coronation of Canute the Dane--His treaty with the Saxon nobles --He banishes the relations of Ethelred, and the children of Edmund--Fate of Edmund's children--Canute's marriage with Emma, the dowager-queen of the Saxons--Death of the traitor, Edric--Canute visits Denmark--Death of Ulfr, the patron of Godwin the cowherd--Canute invades Norway--Habits of the Norwegian pirates--Canute erects a monument to Ælfeg, the murdered archbishop of Canterbury--Carries off the dead body of the bishop from London--Night scene on the Thames--Kills one of his soldiers--His penance--Establishes the tax of Peter's-pence--Picturesque description of Canute rebuking his courtiers--His theatrical display, and vanity--His pilgrimage to Rome--Canute's letter--His death p. 264

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