UK History: Chapter 3, Exercise 1 — Possible Solution ====================================================================== MILITARY Battle of Edington (878); the burghal system of 33 fortified towns about 30 km apart; an expanded fyrd; a fleet of warships with classical influences. CULTURAL A court school for nobles and commoners; an extensive law code; the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; translations of Latin works into Old English. DESCRIBED ONLY IN OUTLINE The Danelaw, established through the Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum: the source gives no date or boundaries.