After the death in 1016 of the English king, Edmund Ironside, his two sons escaped from the pretender, the Danish Cnut the Great to the court of King István (Stephen), the first Hungarian king.
The Danes under Cnut the Great constructed a town ditch in order to control access to the city.
The first two contain passages from Cnut's two law-codes (I Cnut and II Cnut), occasionally with amendments by the compiler to suit contemporary circumstances.
This material includes a good portion of the law-codes that were issued by Anglo-Saxon kings, from King Ine of Wessex (appended to King Alfred's domboc) to King Cnut, all in Latin translation.
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However, in 1026 King Olaf lost the Battle of the Helgeå, and the Norwegian nobles rallied round the invading King Cnut the Great of Denmark, forcing King Olaf to flee the country.
Godwin, Earl of Wessex (c. 1000–1053), one of the most powerful lords in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors