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To: SunkenCiv

Would this segregation be the "Dane Law" established in the eastern part of England? I believe you can note its spread by the germanic names of towns. The locals paid the germanic people a Danegeld to keep them from raiding.

The Viking people who populated Iceland brought their wives and livestock, but the freeman of the farmstead commonly had celtic slaves. I don't know why it would be different in England.


14 posted on 07/21/2006 2:10:54 AM PDT by marsh2
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To: marsh2

The Danelaw was 9th century, and was imposed (as one might expect) by the Danes when they arrived in force. There was also the Danegild, which was a ransom (more accurately, protection money) paid by the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to keep the Danes from making war on them.


15 posted on 07/21/2006 9:50:32 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Wednesday, June 21, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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