Danish invasion to England

DANISH INFLUENCE

From the close of the 8^th Century Ad,Danes began to inavade England.They are called by various names like Northman,scandinavians,vikings and Normans.

They came from Denmark and Norway.They came to England in their ships in the same way as the Anglo saxon had come earlier,They were poor and cruel and attacked cities,monasteries and killed women,old men and children.The Danes settled in France came to be called as Norsmen and their territory in France as Normandy.

Historians have divided the Danish invasion in to three periods.1^st Period (786-851 Ad)-Attacked and plendered England.2^nd Period(851-896 Ad)-Danes settledown in England.3^rd Period(980-1042 Ad)-attacks were made to conquer england and to rule it from Denmark.

The arrival of Danes had its own effects on the political and social history of the Britain.Their attacks paved the way for the national unification.The weakened saxon kingdoms were found to accept the leadership of wassex towards the danes.Another important result was the Division of England in to two;west saxon territory and Dane Low.The Danes put the teutonic blood in to Anglo saxon race.Many danish words were introduced in England.Their invasion also influenced the foriegn policy of english Kings   ;which also gave impetus to martime activity.The english began to realise the necessity of ship building to resist the Danes and thus a bedinning was made in the building of British Navy.

One of the principle result of the danish invasion was the growth of town swhich became Great centres of Trade.They built many towns and used them as forts against their enemies.An adverse result of their attack was the decline religion and learning.