Also known as Danelagh
The Danelaw (, ; ; ) was the part of England between the late ninth century and the Norman Conquest under Anglo-Saxon rule in which Danish laws applied. The Danelaw originated in the conquest and occupation of large parts of eastern and northern England by Danish Vikings in the late ninth century. The term applies to the areas in which English kings allowed the Danes to keep their own laws following the early tenth-century Anglo-Saxon conquest of Danish-ruled eastern and northern England in return for the Danish settlers' loyalty to the English crown. "Danelaw" is first recorded in the early 1
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The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 9th-century establishments in England, Anglo-Norse England and Denmark–United Kingdom relations.
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Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Danelaw
- Country.common_name
- Danelaw
- Country.event_start
- Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum
- Country.year_start
- Between 878 and 890
- Country.year_end
- 1066
- Country.event_end
- Norman Conquest
- Country.image_map
- England 878.svg
- Country.image_map_caption
- England, 886
- Country.religion
- Christianity
- Country.common_languages
- Old NorseOld English
- Country.today
- England
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
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- Commons category
- Danelaw
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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On the map
3 mapped locations