About the survival of Anglo-Saxon England....

I can see that France would (and pre 1066 did) exert considerable cultural influence on the ruling classes in the south but the north would not find the same and would retain it's cultural influence from Norway and Denmark.

Could this develop into a split whereby the north of england becomes separate from the south and turns it's attention to scandinavia and scotland?

So the english of the north would take on further scandinavian words and grammar as would lowland scots.

Seems unlikely, for as long as the English monarchy holds, that the north would be able to act this independently. And the English monarchy just kicked the legs out from under its two main threats.
 
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