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When I heard that Speaker Nancy Pelosi was going to respond to the highest gasoline prices in American history by giving the government the power to fix prices, I was instantly reminded of King Canute.
Part one in our 20-part series looking at decisive moments of the last 1,000 years in British history explores 1000–1049. Sarah Foot examines the most dramatic event of the early 11th century – one which threatened to change the course of English history