In 1066, at The Battle of Hastings, the Normans, led by William the Conqueror, defeated Harold Godwinson, and began what is now known as the Norman conquest. the Norman dynasty held from the end of the conquests till the reign of Stephen of Blois, whose reign ended in 1154. after this, the Plantagenet dynasty began, with the reign of Henry the second.
the Danes held part of England, called the Danelaw, before that time, since some time in the 10th century.
paid the Danes to leave them alone
leave the rest of England alone
It took England the better part of two centuries to gain control of Wales. Part of the reason it took so long was that England did not try to make the take over in a single campaign. It was a stop and go procedure as England was involved in various other wars.
When Alfred the great defeated the Vikings (more properly the Danes), he only managed to stop the advance of the the Danish conquest of England. England was not a unified country yet and Alfred was only the king of the kingdom of Wessex, land of the West Saxons. Many Danes had been living in England for at least a generation and when Alfred stopped there advance they continued to occupy about half of what we now call England. This part of England, where they Danes (or Vikings) lived and ruled was called the Danelaw.
When the Danes attacked England, the people sought a strong leader. Alfred was capable of driving out the Danes, and so was recognized as a great leader. He also created the first English navy.
paid the Danes to leave them alone
They became British.
1016-1042
crusaders
The area of England where Danes lived under their own laws is called Danelaw or sometimes, Danelagh. Geographically, Danelaw is in the southern and northern parts of the current England map.
by defeating the spanish armada
The defeat of the Spanish Armada.
I'm pretty sure that was England...
Ivar the Boneless
Danelaw
Because of the Carnatic wars ant the battles of Plassey and Buxar
Malcolm is trying to get an army together to fight Macbeth and gain control over his birthright.