title: The Narrative Techniques and the Image of Cnut the Great in Deeds of the Danes
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metadata.value: Chesta, Sergey O.
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metadata.value: 2024-07-11T19:54:21Z
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metadata.value: 2024-07-11T19:54:21Z
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metadata.value: 2024-06
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metadata.value: Chesta S. O. The Narrative Techniques and the Image of Cnut the Great in Deeds of the Danes. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2024, vol. 69, issue 2, рp. 387–400. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2024.209 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2024.209
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/45740
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metadata.value: The article examines the narrative techniques used by Saxo Grammaticus when creating the
  image of the Danish king Cnut the Great in “Deeds of the Danes” (c. 1208/1216). It focuses
  especially on Saxo’s intepretation of the conflict between Cnut the Great and his political opponents
  — King Olaf II Haraldsson of Norway and Ulf Jarl. This conflict, which led to the
  death of both opponents of the Danish ruler, is considered in the sources of “Deeds of the
  Danes” as an example of the unjust rule of Cnut the Great. The image of Cnut the Great in the
  “Deeds of the Danes” testifies to a decisive break with the previous historical tradition that
  portrayed him as a cruel ruler. The author created a narrative which discredited the enemies of
  the Danish king. The textual analysis reveals that Saxo Grammticus managed to achieve said
  effect by transferring the conflict from the political to the moral and ethical contexts, reinterpreting
  his sources, including messages with ambiguous interpretations in the text, removing
  “supernatural elements” from the story about Olaf the Saint, as well as including implicit comparison
  between the heroes of the narrative. One of the possible reasons for the actualization
  of the image of this king and his “rehabilitation” in Danish historiography is the claim of the
  Danish kings of the 12th — early 13th centuries to the Norwegian throne, which was once held
  by Cnut the Great.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 69; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Saxo Grammarian
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: “Deeds of the Danes”
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Cnut the Great
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: medieval Denmark
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: historiography
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Olaf the Saint
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: narrative techniques
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the image of the ruler
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Narrative Techniques and the Image of Cnut the Great in Deeds of the Danes
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