{"slug": "danelaw", "label": "Danelaw", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danelaw", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q339271", "qid": "Q339271", "description": "historical name given to part of England ruled by the Danes", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [871, 1014], "span_label": ["871 CE", "1014 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "edward-the-elder", "label": "Edward the Elder", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thelfld", "label": "Æthelflæd", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sweyn-forkbeard", "label": "Sweyn Forkbeard", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cnut-the-great", "label": "Cnut the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thelstan", "label": "Æthelstan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-east-anglia", "label": "Kingdom of East Anglia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 871, "year_label": "871 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Alfred makes Winchester his residence. The Danish armies colonize areas of north, central and eastern England, which become known as the Danelaw.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129558#Europe", "title": "871", "revid": 1341129558, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 878, "year_label": "878 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Treaty of Wedmore: Guthrum agrees to a peace treaty and is baptised, taking the name of Aethelstan. England is divided between Wessex in the south, and the Vikings in the Danelaw up north. Guthrum returns to East Anglia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353695287#Britain", "title": "878", "revid": 1353695287, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 886, "year_label": "886 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Alfred receives the formal submission of all of the citizens of England not under Viking rule, and adopts the title King of the Anglo-Saxons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367666946#Britain", "title": "886", "revid": 1367666946, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 912, "year_label": "912 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Lady Æthelflæd expands her policy by building defensive burghs at Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. The fortifications are needed to protect Mercia against plundering Vikings from the Danelaw (Danish territory in England).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468136#Britain", "title": "912", "revid": 1364468136, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 913, "year_label": "913 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Edward the Elder begins with the 'reconquest' of the Danelaw and occupies Essex. Death of High-Reeve Eadwulf II. He is succeeded by his son Ealdred I, who is almost immediately driven out by King Ragnall ua Ímair of Norse York. Ealdred flees to the court of King Constantine II of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267070619#Britain", "title": "913", "revid": 1267070619, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 924, "year_label": "924 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 17", "text": "July 17 – Edward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons, is killed in battle at Farndon-Upon-Dee while leading an army against a revolt by some of the Cambrians and Mercians. During his 25-year reign, he gained direct control over Mercia, including some of the Danelaw, the Danish-occupied areas. Edward's oldest son, Æthelstan, is proclaimed the new King of England, while some supporters among the West Saxons support Ælfweard, to be Edward's successor as King of Wessex.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360748864#July—September", "title": "924", "revid": 1360748864, "section": "Events › July—September"}}, {"year": 1013, "year_label": "1013 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 25", "text": "December 25 – Sweyn Forkbeard takes control of the Danelaw and is proclaimed king of England in London. Some of the English provinces refuse to pay homage to Sweyn, who has no dynastic right to claim the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212600#England", "title": "1013", "revid": 1342212600, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1014, "year_label": "1014 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 – King Sweyn Forkbeard dies at Gainsborough after a reign of five weeks. He is succeeded by Harald II who becomes king of Denmark, while Cnut is elected by the Vikings of the Danelaw as king of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212610#England", "title": "1014", "revid": 1342212610, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}]}