The Danelaw (/ˈdeɪnˌlɔː/, Danish: Danelagen; Old English: Dena lagu) was the part of England between the early tenth century and the Norman Conquest in...
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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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Viking coinage (section Danelaw)
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...
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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...
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Northumbria (section Scandinavians and the Danelaw)
The Viking invasions of the ninth century and the establishment of the Danelaw once again divided Northumbria. Although primarily recorded in the southern...
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control of much of northern and eastern England, a region known as the Danelaw. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle does not mention the reason for this invasion...
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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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monk offers to show the Vikings the way to the Viking settlements of the Danelaw, where they would be safe. Along the way, they are repeatedly attacked...
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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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Wantage Code (section The Danelaw)
specifically mentions the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw, and the code is of particular historical significance for the Danelaw and Anglo-Scandinavian Britain. The...
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