Editing Cnut (section)

=== Bones at Winchester ===
Cnut was buried in the [[Old Minster, Winchester]].<ref name="weir" /> Following the events of 1066, the new Norman regime was keen to signal its authority with an ambitious programme of grandiose [[cathedral]]s and [[castle]]s, which proceeded throughout the [[High Middle Ages]]. [[Winchester Cathedral]] was built on the old [[Anglo-Saxon]] site and the previous burials, including Cnut's, were set in mortuary chests there.<ref name="weir" /> During the [[English Civil War]] in the 17th century, plundering [[Roundhead]] soldiers scattered the bones of Cnut on the floor and they were spread amongst the various other chests, notably those of [[William Rufus]]. After the [[Stuart Restoration|restoration of the monarchy]], the bones were collected and replaced in their chests, although somewhat out of order.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.astoft.co.uk/Dscn0764-405.jpg |title=Photo of a sign posted in Winchester Cathedral marking Cnut's mortuary chest, posted at the astoft.co.uk web site, retrieved 2009-07-25 |access-date=12 June 2009 |archive-date=21 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621023839/http://www.astoft.co.uk/Dscn0764-405.jpg |url-status=live}}</ref>