. A short history of England and the British Empire. esult wasdue in large measure to the aggressive valor of the Saxons, butstill more to disunion among the Danish colonists and to thefact that reinforcements came no longer from the Scandinavianlands. For throughout almost the entire tenth century therewas a lull in the activities of the vikings, and the Scandinaviansin England were thrown on their own inadequate resources. 29. The Danelaw. The Danelaw, as the Anglo-Danishsettlements were called, was not a political unit. There was aThe divisions of king in East An-the Danelaw. g^a; another i
. A short history of England and the British Empire. esult wasdue in large measure to the aggressive valor of the Saxons, butstill more to disunion among the Danish colonists and to thefact that reinforcements came no longer from the Scandinavianlands. For throughout almost the entire tenth century therewas a lull in the activities of the vikings, and the Scandinaviansin England were thrown on their own inadequate resources. 29. The Danelaw. The Danelaw, as the Anglo-Danishsettlements were called, was not a political unit. There was aThe divisions of king in East An-the Danelaw. g^a; another in the ancient city of York;earls with more or less au-thority ruled over varioussections or groups of settle-ments; in the Midlands theEnglish were held in subjec-tion by the garrisons of theFive Boroughs, five Dan-ish strongholds that formedsome kind of a city this division of strengththe English made good is also true that the in-vaders were gradually losingtheir alien character andwere becoming English inlanguage and Danish Runic Monument The monument was raised at Jelling inJutland by King Gorm, the great-grandfatherof Cnut the Great, in honor of Thyra his part of the inscription visible reads: sina:Tanmarkar bot, — his (wife), Denmarks Resistance, nevertheless, for half a century Edgar the after Alfreds death. Not till the accession of Ed-Peaceful. 959. gar the Peaceful as king of all England (959) didthe Danish chiefs seem to have become reconciled to Saxonrule. 1 Gardiner, 62-64. LOCAL GOVERNMENT 35 30. Old English Cities and Towns. By the time ofEdgar there had grown up a number of cities on English soil,in the south as well as in the Danelaw. None of old Englishthese can have been large, but they were more Doroughs-than mere villages: they had their own governments; theywere often surrounded by a wall; they were usually the centerof a considerable trade. The settlement of the Danes stimu-lated the growth
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