King Canute reproving his courtiers for believing he had power over the elements. He had commanded the sea to stay off his land. When it drenched his feet he rebuked his entourage for their stupid flattery. Cnut, c. 990 – 1035, aka Cnut the Great and Canute. King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, published 1857.

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