Danelaw

At its height the Danelaw included London, all of East Anglia and most of the North of England.

But before the Law of the Normans was the Law of the Danes, The Danelaw had a similar boundary to that of Mercia but had a population of Free Peasantry that were known to have resisted the Norman occupation.

He may actually have been expanding an established English custom for use among the Danish citizens in the North (the Danelaw ).

Northumbria was within the Danelaw and therefore experienced greater influence from Norse than did the Southern dialects.

Numerous converted priests of a Danish origin from the Danelaw lived in England, while Sweyn had few connections to Germany or its priests.

Origin is the Danelaw region and dates late 8th to 9th century. photo by myself The wealth of the monasteries and the success of Anglo-Saxon society attracted the attention of people from continental Europe, mostly Danes and Norwegians.

Or " Northampton was originally named 'Norse Hampton, being under the Danelaw until King Alfred freed it, the women of the town rejoicing in the streets as he cried 'I have the hampton of a Norse!

She and her brother continued Alfred's policy of building fortified burhs, and in 917-18 they were able to conquer the southern Danelaw in East Anglia and Danish Mercia.

Sutterton, 'shoe-makers' tun' (in the area of the Danelaw such places are Sutterby) was so-named because local circumstances allowed the growth of a craft recognised by the people of surrounding places.

The 40 ships Eadric came with, often thought to be of the Danelaw were probably Thorkell's.

The Danelaw resulted when Alfred the Great was forced to cede half his kingdom to the Vikings, who then settled there for a time and engaged in peaceful trade, but attacks eventually resumed and the English kings had to pay tribute (Danegeld).

This is brought out most clearly in the description of the campaigns of 917 in the Chronicle, but throughout the conquest of the Danelaw by Edward and Æthelflæd it is clear that a sophisticated and coordinated strategy was being applied.