Autor Ailnoth of Canterbury

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  • GESTA SWENOMAGNI REGIS ET FILIORUM EIUS ET PASSIO GLORIOSSISIMI CANUTI REGIS ET MARTYRIS (1111 - 1113)
    • Legacy ID 394.0
    Name (de) Ailnoth von Canterbury
    GND ID https://d-nb.info/gnd/102421773
    Name (lat) Aelnothus Cantuariensis
    Name (en) Ailnoth of Canterbury
    Name (fr) Ailnoth de Canterbury
    Name (it) Ailnoth di Canterbury
    Century 12th c.
    From Possibly in Denmark from c. 1095
    To Before 1133/4
    Start Date 1095
    End Date 1133
    Place Canterbury
    Comment Ailnoth identifies himself as an Englishman of Canterbury who, at the time of the composition of his Gesta Swenomagni et Passio Canuti, says he had been in Denmark for 24 years. His work evidences a clear hostility towards the Normans. In spite of his sympathy for the idea of a Danish reconquest of England, he deplored the rude state of Christianity among the Danes (although he found them better than the other peoples of the north) and argued for the need for strict Christian kingship that was not afraid to correct error, even in the face of popular resentment. He draws on Abbo of Fleury's depiction of Scandinavia as a barren place, whose harsh environment bred cruel and violent people.
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