by Ben Patterson Following on from the last instalment: The Heathen Army The Danelaw would continue to persist for the next few centuries, suffering waxing and waning at the hands of the Anglo-Saxon lords. Edward the Elder, son of Alfred the Great, led several campaigns into the Danelaw (such as the Midlands and East Anglia) in the early 10th century, and under the later King Edgar the Peaceful, the Danelaw was conquered in its entirety. He instituted a number of new reforms