Danelaw

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Danelaw, as recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (also known as the Danelagh, Old English: Dena lagu, Danish: Danelagen), is a historical name given to the part of England in which the laws of the "Danes" held sway and dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons. It is contrasted with "West Saxon Law" and "Mercian law". The term has been extended by modern historians to be geographical. The areas that comprised the Danelaw are in northern and eastern England. The origins of the Danelaw arose from the Viking expansion of the 9th century, although the term was not used to describe a geographic area until the 11th century. With the increase in population and productivity in Scandinavia, Viking warriors sought treasure and glory in nearby Britain.... Mehr