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2- The coexistence between the Anglo-Saxons and the Danes on

 the  British Isles.

Thirty years of Danish raides,in 865, on the east coast of England preceded the Great Army. The Danish invaders consolidate each year's gains by establishing a secure base to continue their campaign.

By now the kings of  Northumbria , Mercia, East Anglia and Wessex made terms with the invaders.

In 886, A Danish invasion occupied London and this success led to a new treaty between king Alfred, Anglo Saxons and Danes.

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Application 6     

1-The Bullion Economy

A bullion economy, is a system in which the weight and the purity of the precious metal are what is important .Traders carried small scales which could measure weight very accurately, so it was possible to have a very precise system of trade and exchange even without a regular coinage.

2-The Dane Geld

 The idea of 'Dane geld'(a land tax paid by land holders to the  invaders in late Anglo-Saxon and Norman times. Such payment

Were also common in the ninth century "making peace"vwas apolite expression for paying them to go away.

3-The link between issuing coins and Christian kingship.                                        

        The link between issuing coins and Christian kingship is very clear in the coinage of Viking rulers in the British Isles. Some of the St Peter pennies carry the hammer of the pagan god along side the name of st peter

       The coins of the Danelaw carry very Christian symbols. Such as the Christian cross, or inscriptions (Lord God and king) as issuing coins was one of the established rights associated with Christian kingship in Europe in the early middle ages.

4-The Viking food preservation techniques. مـــــــــــهم                                          

With no  freezers the Viking family has to take special measures to stop their food going bad. Meat and fish can be smoked or rubbed with salt. Fruit can be dried; grains are made into bread or ale. Dairy produce such as milk is made into cheese

5-The Viking food and beverage tools.

The Vikings had bowls and plates made from wood rather than pottery . they ate with a sharp pointed knife.spoons were made from wood ,horn or animal bone.drink was taken in horns.

6-The Vikings styles of settlement.
There were remarkable differences in the way that the newcomers lived. There is a contrast between the  rural pattern of Norwegian settlement in Scotland, with its individual farms and family estates, and the urban development of Dublin .

The standard Viking age house was rectangular and had one room in which everything took place around a central hearth.timber building set in plots of equal size.

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