- This led to the Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum, which established the boundaries of the Danelaw and allowed for Danish self-rule in the region.[22].
- Establishing Danelaw: 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 Danelaw was the region of northern and eastern England ruled by the Danes from 865 to 954, comprising of the 15 shires of Leicestershire, Yorkshire...
- Thus, in Danelaw, the penalty for killing a person was determined by his social status, and not the social status of his senior, as in other regions of the country.
- This officially granted the Vikings the northeast of England, now known as the Danelaw, and left the rest of the country to King Alfred.
- Following the establishment of the "Danelaw," Viking warriors, and their brethren, would soon replace, though work with, local Anglo-Saxon elites.
- The Danelaw was established as a result of King Alfred the Great’s efforts to avoid further Viking raids in the Anglian Kingdom of Wessex.
- Eventually Alfred and Guthrum settled their differences and established a treaty for what would become the Danelaw, the main boundary for the division between...
