Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
Actually, Cnut used Christian missionaries from England in the early 11th Century to convert Danes and Norwegians. The "Christian Law" you refer to was mostly Roman Law, or some locally adapted version thereof. Evangelising began with the ruler because the missionaries needed protection, especially in the North where they were often killed without pause. This was in fact so endemic that the English made a point of boasting that they did not kill the first missionaries sent to them; and claimed this as a unique acolade.
Of course, what the Monks and Clerics brought with them in addition to Christianity was writing, which offered a ruler the ability to much more efficiently order, control and tax his lands. Writing also offered immortality through written history, something very popular amongst the Norse in particular, I believe.
"If it wears trousers generally I don't pay attention."
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"If it wears trousers generally I don't pay attention."
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Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
"If it wears trousers generally I don't pay attention."
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Uhm.... What? Why would he be deposed because he tortured people? If anything, it would make him more able to retain power.
EDIT: Not to mention the fact that Cnut was a Dane, not the one who christened Norway and he eventually lost the crown of Norway, due to rebellions...
Last edited by HoreTore; 03-10-2010 at 00:50.
Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
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