The Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum, preserved in Old English, formally divided England between English and Danish rule. The boundary ran up the Thames, then the Lea, to the source of the Lea, then straight to Bedford, then up the Ouse to Watling Street. The treaty also established legal arrangements for settling disputes between English and Danes, giving Danes equal wergild to English free men. It is one of the most important legal documents of the Anglo-Saxon period and the foundation of the concept of the Danelaw.
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