Cnut besieged London in 1016 in one of the most significant sieges of the late Anglo-Saxon period. The city was stoutly defended by the citizens and by Edmund Ironside who had been elected king in London. Cnut s forces surrounded the city from both land and river, dug a canal south of London Bridge to bypass it, and maintained the investment for months. Edmund Ironside raised the siege repeatedly through field victories but Cnut always returned.
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