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Composer: Noonsol
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When Canute was just a boy, he heard a story of the St.Brice’s day massacre; King Aethelred of England ordered the extermination of all Danes in his land, which led to the death of his Aunt Gunhilde and her husband Pallig and countless others. His father Sweyn Forkbeard was overcome with grief and would personally lead raids against England frequently. Canute’s father was rash, bold and a fearless warrior but he wasn’t there for the boy as he was always away fighting. So how would Canute be forged into the greatest King Scandinavia had ever seen? This is his story.

Sources: the Flateyjarbok, the Knytlinga saga, the Knutsdrapa, The Anglo Saxon Chrnocicle

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