- 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...
- The
Viking invasions of the
ninth century and the
establishment of the
Danelaw once
again divided Northumbria.
Although primarily recorded in the southern...
-
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...
-
specifically mentions the Five
Boroughs of the
Danelaw, and the code is of
particular historical significance for the
Danelaw and Anglo-Scandinavian Britain. The...
- successors, it
steadily expanded at the
expense of the
kingdoms of the
Danelaw. This
brought about the
political unification of England,
first accomplished...
-
Great forced a
treaty with the Danes, East
Anglia was left as part of the
Danelaw. It was
taken back from
Danish control by
Edward the
Elder and incorporated...
-
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...
- of the
Vikings and
their Great Heathen Army,
Danelaw absorbed much of the
former Mercian territory.
Danelaw at its
height included London, all of East Anglia...
- 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...
