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Because the main sources on Cnut's housecarls were written at least one century after Cnut's reign, there are several theories about the exact nature and role of these housecarls. Cnut is said to have retained 3,000 to 4,000 men with him in England, to serve as his bodyguard. One theory is that these
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Ketill and Bjôrn, they raised this stone in memory of Þorsteinn, their father; Ônundr in memory of his brother and the housecarls in memory of the just(?) (and) Ketiley in memory of her husbandman. These brothers were the best of men in the land and abroad in the retinue , held their housecarls well.
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records only thirty-three landholding housecarls in the kingdom; furthermore, these estates were small. Thus, it does not seem that the English landholders were deprived of their properties to provide for land grants to the king's housecarls. On the other hand, some of Cnut's housecarls seem to have
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men were Cnut's housecarls, and that they served as a well-equipped, disciplined, professional, and quite numerous (for the time) standing army at the service of the king. However, another theory is that there was nothing like an important, standing, royal army in 11th century Anglo-Saxon England.
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defined an etiquette: housecarles were to be seated at the kings' tables according to a number of factors, among which skill in war and nobility. They could be disgraced by being moved to a lower place; this was punishment for minor offences, such as not giving proper care to the horse of a fellow
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Yet another theory is that the role of a standing army was not assumed, or was not mostly assumed, by the royal housecarls; but that the housecarls were a smaller body of household troops, partly stationed at the king's court. During the reign of Edward the Confessor, a number of sailors and
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One reason to doubt the existence of a standing army made of housecarls is that, when there was a revolt in 1051, under the reign of Edward the Confessor, no such standing army was used to crush it, whereas its existence would have allowed for a swift, decisive action against the rebels.
722:) may reflect, in fact, those governing Danish housecarls in the 12th century. But, by the end of the 12th century, housecarls had probably disappeared in Denmark; they had transformed into a new kind of nobility, whose members no longer resided at the king's court. 758:, who were soldiers that were equally adept in land and maritime warfare. Also, there were bands of foreign warriors under the control of foreign commanders, who sometimes served as the retinues of important Anglo-Saxon lords. For example, one version of the 998:, the housecarls had a crucial role as the backbone of Harold's army at Hastings. Although they were numerically the smaller part of Harold's army, their possibly superior equipment and training meant they could have been used to strengthen the militia, or 925:
The royal housecarls had some administrative duties in peacetime as the King's representatives. Florence of Worcester recounts how, in 1041, there was a revolt against a very heavy levy in Worcester, and two of king
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On one hand, the number of housecarls receiving land grants and estates from the king seems to have been rather limited, from the beginning of Cnut's reign up to the Norman conquest in 1066. At that last date, the
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housecarl. After three such offences, the offender could be seated at the lowest place, and no-one was to talk to him, but everyone could throw bones at him at will. The murder of another housecarl was punished by
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Under Svein Forkbeard and Cnut the Great, when the Danish kings came to rule England, a body of royal housecarls was developed there, with institutions that were partly of Norse inspiration, and partly inspired by
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England; the housecarls of Cnut were highly disciplined bodyguards. It is unclear, however, whether Cnut's housecarls were all Scandinavians; some were Slavs according to Domesday Book records and according to
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seems to have been a synonym for a mercenary or retainer rather than just royal bodyguards. It also would have been used to differentiate between that of the paid warrior and the unpaid militia known as the
1105:, but seems to mean 'warrior' in the Norse literature. However they were undoubtedly some form of standing force; possibly the Nordic sources referred to the Anglo-Saxon seamen they faced in this manner. 575:): free men in the service of a king or lord, who gave them gifts as payment of said service. It is known from Icelandic sources that in the 1060s, the royal housecarls were paid with Norwegian coins. 712:, Aggesen's grandfather, a member of the retinue, was tried for the murder of a fellow housecarl. Svend Aggesen's account of the law governing Cnut the Great's housecarls in 11th century England (the 468:. Thus, the housecarls mentioned here would be royal bodyguards; in any case, it can be seen here that the word "housecarl" now applied to a person who fought in the service of a different person. 704:). But even after the Danish kings had lost England, housecarls continued to exist in Denmark. Such a group of royal retainers was still in place at the beginning of the 12th century, under 251:
in the 11th century. They were well-trained, and paid as full-time soldiers. In England, the royal housecarls had a number of roles, both military and administrative, and they fought under
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as we know it through Svend Aggesen was redacted more than one century after the time of Cnut; thus, we cannot be sure that it presents an accurate picture of Cnut's housecarls.
982:, were paid wages and possibly based in London; those lithsmen were, according to some, the main standing armed force, while the housecarls were only acting as a secondary one. 956:. This view, still widely held today, mainly stems from Svend Aggesen's 12th-century description of Cnut's housecarls as a group characterized by a strict code ( 1569:. American Slavic and East European Review. Vol. 13. Cambridge, MA: The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. pp. 299–318. 750:. From the annals, it is not clear whether other paid men were types of housecarl or a different subdivision of retainers. There were groups known as 832:
and exile, whereas treason was punished by death and confiscation of all property. Quarrels between housecarles were decided by a specific tribunal (
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This debate has direct consequences on the assessment of the housecarls' specificities, and whether or not they were an elite troop. For instance,
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Gillingham, John (1990). "Chronicles and Coins as Evidence for Levels of Tribute and Taxation in Late Tenth- and Early Eleventh-Century England".
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By the end of the 11th century in England, there may have been as many as 3,000 Englishmen who were royal housecarls. As the household troops of
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is underlined as an advantage of entering the king's service. Conversely, retainers were expected to avenge their leader if he was killed.
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and more uniform training and equipment than the average Thegn, they would not necessarily have been a clearly defined military elite.
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defines is mainly derived from canon law, directly or through Anglo-Saxon laws. Other possible inspirations include the rules of the
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King Sveinn placed the stone in memory of Skarði, his retainer , Skarde, who has sailed in the west , but who then died at Hedeby.
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and Cnut the Great may have "safeguarded the country by a network of forts manned by the royal housecarls, the mercenaries, the
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According to 12th century Danish historian Svend Aggesen, Cnut's housecarls were governed by a specific law, the
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is a term that has been translated to mean 'sailor' and 'warrior' but is very likely a combination of the two.
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in Norway can be traced back to the ninth century. The texts dealing with royal power in medieval Norway, the
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Thurlf, Sven's retainer erected this stone after Erik his fellow, who died when the warriors sat around
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Hooper, Nicholas (1994). "Military Developments in the Reign of Cnut". In Alexander R. Rumble (ed.).
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was founded either by one of them under the reign of Cnut himself, or by his wife under the reign of
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The term entered the English language when Svein Forkbeard and Cnut the Great conquered and occupied
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Anglo-Norman Warfare: Studies in Late Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Military Organization and Warfare
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are in the service of a king or lord, of whom they receive gifts (here, homes) for their service.
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Mack, Katharin (1984). "Changing Thegns: Cnut's Conquest and the English Aristocracy".
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A special tax was levied to provide pay in coin to the royal housecarls. According to
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A coin from the reign of Cnut, such as may have been used to pay Cnut's housecarls.
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Darlington, R. R. (1936). "Ecclesiastical Reform in the Late Old English Period".
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Hooper, Nicholas (1985). "The Housecarls in England in the Eleventh Century".
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In Norway, housecarls were members of the king's or another powerful man's
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Norse Warfare: the Unconventional Battle Strategies of the Ancient Vikings
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Johannes Brøndsted suggested that the garrison of the Danish fort of
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The Housecarls according to a reenactment group: Regia Anglorum's
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The housecarls of Harold Godwinson: Stamford Bridge and Hastings
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The King's Household in England Before the Norman Conquest
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is an ambiguous term which is thought to mean 'sailor' in
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The King's Household in England Before the Norman Conquest
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Society and Politics in Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla
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may have consisted of royal housecarls, and that kings
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as a term for all paid warriors and thus is applied to
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The Reign of Cnut: King of England, Denmark and Norway
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Bayeux tapestry
English
Dane axe
Old Norse
Old English
servile
Northern Europe
Norsemen
Scandinavia

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