The five provisions of the treaty that created this region also governed the acquisition of horse and oxen and set penalties for acts of murder by the king's thegns.
The five provisions of the treaty that created this region also governed the acquisition of horse and oxen and set penalties for acts of murder by the king's thegns. Bodies known as wapentakes typically oversaw local government in this area, which had a southwestern boundary extending from the point of intersection between the Ouse River and Watling Street and a northwestern boundary with Strathclyde. Its territory south of the Humber River was soon reconquered with the aid of the Mercians by Edward the Elder, the son of the man who had created it by signing the Treaty of Wedmore after defeating Guthrum at the Battle of Edington. FTP, identify this territory that Alfred the Great set aside as an area for autonomous Viking rule.
The five provisions of the treaty that created this region also governed the acquisition of horse and oxen and set penalties for acts of murder by the king's thegns.
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