Editing South West England (section)

===11th century===
In the late pre-Norman period, the east coast of modern-day England came under the growing sway of the [[Norsemen]]. Eventually England came to be ruled by Norse monarchs, and the [[Anglo-Saxon]] kingdoms fell one by one, [[Wessex]] being conquered in 1013 by King [[Sweyn Forkbeard]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blair |first=Peter Hunter |title=An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2003 |edition=3rd |page=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9eN87VsPaw0C |isbn=0-521-53777-0 |access-date=17 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218054049/https://books.google.com/books?id=9eN87VsPaw0C&printsec=frontcover&cad=0 |archive-date=18 February 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="asc">[http://mcllibrary.org/Anglo/ The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320043920/http://mcllibrary.org/Anglo/ |date=20 March 2018 }}. LondonL J. M. Dent, 1912. Translation by [[James Ingram (antiquary)|James Ingram]] (London, 1823) and [[J. A. Giles]] (London, 1847). Medieval and Classical Literature Library Release #17. Retrieved 4 May 2018.</ref><ref name="Blackwell">Lapidge, Michael (2001). "Swein Forkbeard", ''The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England''. Ed. Michael Lapidge, John Blair, et al. London: Blackwell Publishing; p. 437. {{ISBN|0-631-15565-1}}.</ref> Sweyn's realms included [[Denmark]] and [[Norway]], and parts of England such as [[Mercia]] (an Anglian kingdom roughly coinciding with the [[English Midlands]]), much of which, along with northern England, fell under the [[Danelaw]]. Sweyn ruled Wessex, along with his other realms, from 1013 onwards, followed by his son [[Canute the Great]]. But Cornwall was ''not'' part of his realm of Wessex. A map by the American historian called "The Dominions of Canute" (pictured just above) shows that Cornwall, like Wales and Scotland, was part neither of Sweyn Forkbeard's nor of Canute's Danish empire. Neither Sweyn Forkbeard nor Canute conquered or controlled Scotland, Wales or Cornwall; but these areas were "client nations": subject to payment of a yearly tribute or ''[[danegeld]]'' to Sweyn and later Canute, all three areas retained their autonomy from the Danes. Ultimately, the Danes lost control of Wessex in 1042 on the death of both of Canute's sons. [[Edward the Confessor]] retook Wessex for the Saxons.<ref>{{cite book | last = Barlow | first = Frank | author-link = Frank Barlow (historian) | title = Edward the Confessor | year = 1970 | publisher = University of California Press | location = Berkeley, CA | pages = [https://archive.org/details/edwardconfessor00barl/page/29 29–36] | isbn = 0-520-01671-8 | url = https://archive.org/details/edwardconfessor00barl/page/29 }}</ref> In 1016 [[Edmund Ironside]] was crowned king at Glastonbury.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eadmund|url=http://www.archontology.org/nations/uk/england/anglosaxon/edmund2.php|publisher=Archontology.org|access-date=5 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927054621/http://www.archontology.org/nations/uk/england/anglosaxon/edmund2.php|archive-date=27 September 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>