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
1914 cartoon depicts Woodrow Wilson trying to hold back the rising tide of support for Women's suffrage in the United States.
Thorney Island (Westminster)
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Thorney Island was the eyot on the River Thames in Westminster, in Anglo-Saxon London, where Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster were built. It was formed by rivulets of the River Tyburn,
King Cnut and the tide
…and those 12th Century historians were always making up stories about kings from Anglo-Saxon times". The site of the episode is often identified as Thorney Island (now known as Westminster), where Cnut set up a royal palace during his reign over London. Thorney Island is also a small peninsula within Chichester…
Thorney Street Westminster
Plaque on Siegfried Sassoon's house in Tufton Street, Westminster