Scandinavian York
Scandinavian York | |||||||||
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| Kingdom of Jórvík: 867–954 Earldom: 954–1066 | |||||||||
| Status | The kingdom of York, forming the southern part of Northumbria, and to the south of it the rest of the Danelaw | ||||||||
| Common languages | Old Norse • Old English | ||||||||
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| Government | Monarchy Earldom (after 954) | ||||||||
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• Formed | 867 | ||||||||
| 1066 | |||||||||
| Currency | Sceat (peninga) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | United Kingdom | ||||||||
Scandinavian York (Jórvík) or Viking York (Old Norse: Jórvík) is a term used by historians for what is now Yorkshire during the period of Scandinavian domination after the Viking invasion in 865 (interlaced with brief periods of Anglo-Saxon control as battles would breakout) until it was annexed and integrated into England after the Norman Conquest in 1066; in particular, it is used to refer to York, the city controlled by this ebb and flow of Viking and Anglo-Saxon kings and earls, including the period when Viking King Cnut ruled all of England, part of his North Sea Empire, until his death in 1035. The Kingdom of Jórvík was closely associated with the longer-lived Kingdom of Dublin throughout this period.