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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.
Viking laws and customs now held sway in a territory that spanned from London in the south, through the Midlands and up to the north of the country. The area would later become known as Danelaw, deriving its name from the Old English Dena lagu meaning 'Danes’ law'.
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.
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" held predominance over those of the Anglo-Saxons.
Jun 23, 2015 · In The Danelaw, where the Vikings settled and started to merge with the English, there had to quickly develop a form of language which everyone could speak and understand, so that people could communicate with each other easily in matters of work, the home, trade and administration.
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…
May 21, 2018 · Danelaw (dān´lô´), originally the body of law that prevailed in the part of England occupied by the Danes after the treaty of King Alfred [1] with Guthrum in 886.
