- The
Danelaw (/ˈdeɪnˌlɔː/, Danish: Danelagen; Norwegian: Danelagen; Old English: Dena lagu) was the part of
England between the
early tenth century and...
- The Five
Boroughs of the
Danelaw were the five main
towns of
Danish Mercia (what is now the East Midlands)
under the
Danelaw.
These were Derby, Leicester...
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which to develop.
Danish ruled kingdoms in the
British Isles,
known as the
Danelaw,
began to
model their own
coins on
rulers in
addition to
various Christian...
- The
Viking invasions of the
ninth century and the
establishment of the
Danelaw once
again divided Northumbria.
Although primarily recorded in the southern...
- his
Mercian allies were able to
concentrate on
conquering the
southern Danelaw in East
Anglia and the Five
Boroughs of
Viking east Mercia: Derby, Leicester...
- fact that
there were
numerous Christian priests of
Danish origin in the
Danelaw,
while Sweyn had few
personal connections to Germany. Sweyn's preference...
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regular sectarian violence across England during this period. That the
Danelaw remained calm and
content under Æthelred's
hegemony has been
taken as evidence...
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Isles and
Western Europe. They
settled in
parts of
England (known as the
Danelaw)
under King
Sweyn Forkbeard in 1013, and in
France where Danes and Norwegians...
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other Germanic varieties. Even in the 9th and 10th centuries,
amidst the
Danelaw and
other Viking invasions,
there is
historical evidence that Old Norse...
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specifically mentions the Five
Boroughs of the
Danelaw, and the code is of
particular historical significance for the
Danelaw and Anglo-Scandinavian Britain. The...
