Medievalists.net » Danelaw http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Vikings in France and England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/06/vikings-france-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/06/vikings-france-england/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2014 20:08:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48801 Danielle Turner juxtaposes Viking raiding and settlement in medieval France and England to answer the question why Normandy (on the French side) became a major player in the medieval world, while the Danelaw (on the English side) did not.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/06/vikings-france-england/feed/ 0 The Scandinavian element beyond the Danelaw http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/08/the-scandinavian-element-beyond-the-danelaw/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/08/the-scandinavian-element-beyond-the-danelaw/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:53:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38626 The present paper concentrates on the Scandinavian element present in Eng- lish in the area beyond the Danelaw, i.e. in the West Midlands and Southern parts of the country.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/08/the-scandinavian-element-beyond-the-danelaw/feed/ 0 Conquest or Colonisation: The Scandinavians in Ryedale from the Ninth to Eleventh Centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/conquest-or-colonisation-the-scandinavians-in-ryedale-from-the-ninth-to-eleventh-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/conquest-or-colonisation-the-scandinavians-in-ryedale-from-the-ninth-to-eleventh-centuries/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:51:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37455 The study of settlement history has developed within the fields of history, archaeology and geography. As a result much of the work carried out in settlement studies has borrowed the research and conclusions of scholars from other disciplines.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/conquest-or-colonisation-the-scandinavians-in-ryedale-from-the-ninth-to-eleventh-centuries/feed/ 0 On bilingualism in the Danelaw http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/26/on-bilingualism-in-the-danelaw/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/26/on-bilingualism-in-the-danelaw/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:06:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31335 Little can be known about those bilingual speakers of the language varieties related to Old English and Old Norse, who wandered in the Danelaw during the Viking Age, as no direct evidence has come down to us to support this argumentation.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/26/on-bilingualism-in-the-danelaw/feed/ 0 Pagans and Christians at the frontier: Viking burial in the Danelaw http://www.medievalists.net/2009/12/14/pagans-and-christians-at-the-frontier-viking-burial-in-the-danelaw/ http://www.medievalists.net/2009/12/14/pagans-and-christians-at-the-frontier-viking-burial-in-the-danelaw/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:07:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=5443 The rapid conversion of Scandinavian settlers, so we are led to believe, demonstrates the weakness of their own pagan religions in the face of an all-embracing Christianity, and provides another example of their eagerness to become assimilated.

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