After the peace at Wedmore, Guthrum led his army from Cirencester to East Anglia in 879 and began settling Danish forces on the land. Cambridge became a major Danish town and military base. The settlement of Great Army veterans transformed East Anglia: Danish place-names, field systems, and legal customs took hold. The Danelaw was not imposed from without but grew from the settlement of thousands of Danish warrior-farmers.
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