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    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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    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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    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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    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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