Danelaw
New law code defines the legal position in Danelaw
Historical events in 997
8 historical records
Reform of Jury System
New law code defines the legal position in Danelaw. Introduces the Scandinavian custom of trial by jury
Wantage Code
Ethelred issued the Wantage Code for the Five Boroughs, preserving several Scandinavian legal terms and procedures.
Succession
Succeeds as King of Hungary, canonized
Assassination of Constantine III
Assassinated by Kenneth III
Death of Constantine III
Death of Constantine III, assassinated
Assassination of Constantine III
Assassinates his predecessor, Constantine III
Succession
Succeeds as King of Scotia, grandson of Malcolm I