Henry of Huntingdon
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Henry of Huntingdon, the son of a canon in the diocese of Lincoln, was a 12th-century English historian and the author of Historia Anglorum, as "the most important Anglo-Norman historian to emerge fro
The opening page from Book 1 of the Historia Anglorum.
King Cnut and the tide
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The story of King Cnut and the tide is an apocryphal anecdote meant to illustrate the piety or humility of King Cnut the Great, recorded in the 12th century by Henry of Huntingdon. In the story, Cnut
Henry of Huntingdon
…Peter Tudebode's Historia de Hierosolymitano itinere. Old English poems, which he translated into Latin. This may include the legend of King Canute and the tide, as well as material on Siward, Earl of Northumbria. Old French songs, for Norman history…
1914 cartoon depicts Woodrow Wilson trying to hold back the rising tide of support for Women's suffrage in the United States.