Viking and native: re-thinking identity in the Danelaw
Dawn Hadley
This paper addresses the impact of Scandinavian settlements in England ninth and tenth centuries, role that ethnic identity affiliation played society so–called Danelaw. It is argued was not a constant factor, but one only became relevant, at least evidence available to us, certain times. suggested key understanding expressions ethnicity lies absorption new ruling elites northern eastern England, subsequent political manoeuvring, rather than scale settlement. Indeed, settlement does easily explain most our evidence, with exception some linguistic data. stresses importance discussing simply by reference factors, within social context early medieval society.
Early Medieval Europe