Denmarks Royal Legacy: Viking Kings Early Middle Ages
Denmarks Royal Legacy, #1
Reeks: Denmarks Royal Legacy
Kasper R. Zuelow
- The
- graphic
- novel
- provides
- an
- overview
- of
- the
- early
- medieval
- Danish
- kings
- from
- around
- 936
- to
- 1086
- CE.
- It
- highlights
- the
- following
- rulers:Gorm
- the
- Old
- (r.
- c.
- 936
- -
- c.
- 958):
- Considered
- the
- first
- verifiable
- king
- of
- a
- unified
- Denmark.
- He
- consolidated
- power
- and
- helped
- establish
- Christianity
- in
- the
- region.Harald
- Bluetooth
- (r.
- c.
- 958
- -
- c.
- 985):
- The
- son
- of
- Gorm
- the
- Old,
- he
- continued
- the
- Christianization
- of
- Denmark
- and
- expanded
- Danish
- influence
- into
- Norway
- and
- parts
- of
- modern-day
- Germany.Sweyn
- Forkbeard
- (r.
- c.
- 985
- -
- 1014):
- A
- formidable
- Viking
- king
- who
- conquered
- England
- in
- 1013,
- briefly
- becoming
- the
- King
- of
- England
- before
- his
- death
- in
- 1014.Canute
- the
- Great
- (r.
- 1018-
- 1035):
- Sweyn
- Forkbeard's
- son,
- he
- successfully
- ruled
- over
- an
- expansive
- North
- Sea
- empire
- that
- included
- Denmark,
- Norway,
- and
- England.Magnus
- the
- Good
- (r.
- 1042
- -
- 1047):
- After
- Canute
- the
- Great's
- death,
- he
- became
- the
- King
- of
- Denmark
- and
- Norway,
- maintaining
- the
- union
- between
- the
- two
- kingdoms.Sweyn
- II
- Estridsson
- (r.
- 1047
- -
- 1076):
- A
- descendant
- of
- Gorm
- the
- Old,
- he
- faced
- challenges
- from
- Norway
- and
- the
- Holy
- Roman
- Empire
- during
- his
- long
- reign
- as
- King
- of
- Denmark.The
- document
- emphasizes
- that
- these
- Danish
- kings
- played
- a
- crucial
- role
- in
- the
- political
- and
- cultural
- development
- of
- Scandinavia
- during
- the
- Early
- Middle
- Ages,
- as
- they
- expanded
- Danish
- power,
- solidified
- Christianity,
- and
- engaged
- in
- complex
- power
- struggles
- with
- their
- neighbors
- and
- the
- Holy
- Roman Empire.
