- The Danelaw was the part of England between the early tenth century and the Norman Conquest under Anglo-Saxon rule in which Danish laws applied.
- The area where the Vikings resided, North-West of the divide, was called the Danelaw.
- Danelaw, the northern, central, and eastern region of Anglo-Saxon England colonized by invading Danish armies in the late 9th century.
- The legal peculiarities of Danelaw reflected the uniqueness of the society that developed in the eastern regions of England, differing in ethnic composition and...
- So it is that during the Early Middle Ages the Danish Vikings voyaged across the North Sea to Britain and established the Danelaw, a historical regional in eastern...
- There are still some places known today that once held particular significance to the Norse population within the boundaries of Danelaw.
- Map showing how England was split between the Vikings (Danelaw) and the Anglo-Saxons (English Mercia and Wessex) in 886 CE.
- The descendants of Alfred the Great certainly thought of The Danelaw as ‘Viking’ and continued the effort to bring it back under English control.
- Crowds of people who had suffered terrible privation for 30 years under the Danelaw came to pledge their loyalty to the king.
