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2 days ago · The Vikings founded several kingdoms and earldoms in Europe: the Kingdom of the Isles (Suðreyjar), Orkney (Norðreyjar), York (Jórvík) and the Danelaw (Danalǫg), Dublin (Dyflin), Normandy, and Kievan Rus' (Garðaríki).
10 hours ago · Award-winning specialist coffee roaster, Danelaw Coffee, has achieved significant growth following funding from the Start Up Loans programme, delivered by the Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) on behalf of the British Business Bank. Founded by David Jameson in 2022, Danelaw Coffee offers high-quality coffee products. David has 18 years’ experience working across a variety of roles […]
4 days ago · The Danelaw in England was just a speck compared to the land carved out during the Viking’s eastern expansion into Russia and Ukraine. Read on and learn more about that lesser-known group of Scandinavian marauders who expanded their territory to the east.
2 days ago · King Alfred, Saxon king of Wessex, fought them in a great battle, but he could not drive them right away and had to let them have part of the country, called Danelaw. Viking. Where did the Vikings come from? Who were the Vikings? When did they invade Britain? Alfred the Great and Danelaw; Why did the Vikings invade Britain?
2 days ago · In 912 Edward was ready to begin the series of campaigns by which he relentlessly advanced into the Danelaw (Danish territory in England), securing each advance by a fortress, until he won back Essex, East Anglia, and the east-Midland Danish areas.
4 days ago · Words of Old Norse origin have entered the English language, primarily from the contact between Old Norse and Old English during colonisation of eastern and northern England between the mid 9th to the 11th centuries (see also Danelaw).
3 days ago · The Vikings travelled thousands of miles across the sea from their homeland of Scandinavia where they were farmers, fishermen, seafarers and traders. Most Vikings were simply searching for better land for their farms. Their land was not very good for growing crops or rearing animals: Denmark had a lot of sandy soil.
