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The Danelaw (/ ˈ d eɪ n ˌ l ɔː /, also known as the Danelagh; Danish: Danelagen; Old English: Dena lagu) was the part of England in which the laws of the Danes held sway and dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons. The Danelaw contrasts with the West Saxon law and the Mercian law. The term is first recorded in the early 11th century as Dena lage.
Danelaw, the northern, central, and eastern region of Anglo-Saxon England colonized by invading Danish armies in the late 9th century. In the 11th and 12th centuries, it was recognized that all of eastern England between the Rivers Tees and Thames formed a region in which a distinctive form of.
Oct 22, 2022 · Map of Danelaw around the year 886. The agreement eventually led to a treaty between Alfred and Guthrum, which outlined the political boundary between Wessex and the Scandinavian held territory. For the first time, there was now a written agreement of an area where Viking laws and customs held sway.
The five boroughs of Danelaw were the five most important towns existing under Danish law and customs, located in the territory of Danish Mercia. These five crucial locations included Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Stamford and Lincoln, which by the ninth century were under the sway and control of the Vikings.
Map showing Viking territories and voyages, including the Danelaw. The Danelaw, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle also known as the Danelagh (Old English: Dena lagu; Danish: Danelagen ), is a name given to a part of Great Britain , now northern and eastern England , in which the laws of the "Danes" [1] held predominance over those of the Anglo-Saxons.
The Five Boroughs or The Five Boroughs of the Danelaw were the five main towns of Danish Mercia (what is now the East Midlands). These were Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham and Stamford. The first four later became county towns.
Nov 6, 2023 · A map of the Danelaw, c. 886 CE. The territorial division of England between West Saxon and Dane would last for about 75 years – but it was much more complicated than lines on a map. (via Wikimedia Commons)
Nov 16, 2021 · The Danelaw is a term used to describe both a region under Danish law and a physical place – but which is most accurate? Dr Ben Raffield of the University of Uppsala unpicks the myths surrounding this Viking ‘realm’ in England…
Jan 14, 2024 · The Wessex and the Norse-controlled, East Anglian governments signed the Treaty of Wedmore, which established a boundary between the two kingdoms. The area to the north and east of this boundary became known as the Danelaw because it was under Norse political influence, whilst those areas south and west of it remained under Anglo-Saxon dominance.
The Danelaw. Following King Alfred’s King Alfred’s victory against Guthrum in 878 at Edington and the subsequent baptism of Guthrum, the country was partitioned with the kingdoms of the Mercians and West Saxons on the one side of the boundary, and the Danelaw on the other.
