Who was Cnut the Great? The Real Story (The Last Kingdom)

**EDIT at approximately 4:16, I said King Alfred, when I meant to say King Aethelred!**

Welcome to the second video of our “WHO” series. In this video, we look at Netflix’s “The Last Kingdom”, and examine the one of the most notorious Danes, Cnut. We go back to 11th century England to learn about the creation of the North Sea Empire.

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