The story of King Canute and the tide is an apocryphal anecdote meant to illustrate the piety or humility of King Canute the Great (also written as Cnut), recorded in the 12th century by Henry of Huntingdon.

Canute Reproving His Courtiers (1848) This story of Cnut resisting the incoming tide was first recorded by Henry of Huntingdon in his Historia Anglorum in the early twelfth century: When he was at the height of his ascendancy, he ordered his chair to be placed on the sea-shore as the tide was coming in.

2024年4月16日 · The legend of King Canute and the tide is a powerful narrative that has permeated cultural and historical discussions about the limits of royal authority and the nature of true leadership.

Most are familiar with the beginning of the story: King Canute, being an arrogant ruler, had his throne placed on the banks of the Thames, waiting for the tide to come in. As the tide rose, Canute stood and held out his hand, demanding that the waves recede.

2015年5月24日 · For most people, what they might remember about this Cnut is a short story where the King goes to the seashore to order the waves from the incoming tide to stop. The original version of the story appears in the Historia Anglorum , by Henry, Archdeacon of Huntingdon, a twelfth-century chronicle covering the history of England from ancient times ...

In the early 11th century, King Canute placed his throne on the beach, and commanded the rising tide not to invade his realm. When it took no notice, Canute drew the moral that a king’s power is not as great as some think.

The story of King Canute and the tide is an apocryphal anecdote illustrating the piety or humility of King Canute the Great (also written as Cnut), recorded in the 12th century by Henry of Huntingdon.

The story of King Canute and the tide is an apocryphal anecdote illustrating the piety or humility of King Canute the Great, recorded in the 12th century by Henry of Huntingdon. In the story, Canute demonstrates to his flattering courtiers that he has no control over the elements (the incoming tide), explaining that secular power is vain ...

2017年6月22日 · Who was King Canute and did he really believe he could control the tide? We tell the story of one of the most infamous Kings of England

2015年6月22日 · Most people think of Canute in connection with the story about him commanding the tide to halt. But he should be remembered for more than this. He was perhaps the first king to successfully rule over a truly united realm of England, free …