What a bath, taken 1,000 years ago, can tell us about the conflicted English kingdom of the 11th century
By Simon Trafford, Lecturer in Medieval History, School of Advanced Study, University of London
King Cnut has the dubious honour of being the first person recorded in English history to have been disturbed by something frustratingly urgent just as he was about to enjoy a bath.
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