England was divided, with the north and the east (between the Rivers Thames and Tees) declared to be Danish territory - later known as the 'Danelaw'. Alfred therefore gained control of areas of ...

This is a great-o-meter to help you keep score ... Guthrum took the Viking lands in the North East, known as the Danelaw. Over time Alfred brought the English kingdoms together and his coins ...

Few kings in English history deserve the epithet great more than Alfred King of Wessex In an ... the Norsemen and set about administrating the Danelaw to secure the unity of England The great ...