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Danegeld
Danegeld , medieval land tax originally raised to buy off raiding Danes and later used for military expenditures. In England the tribute was first levied in 868, then in 871 by Alfred , and occasionally thereafter. Under Æthelred (965?-1016) it became a regular tax, and was collected by lat... Read more
Sweyn
Sweyn , c.960-1014, king of Denmark (986-1014), son of Harold Bluetooth. Although baptized, he reverted to paganism and rebelled against his father, who was killed in battle. Sweyn was expelled shortly after his accession by the Swedish king Eric the Victorious, but his subsequent marriage to Eric's... Read more
tallage
tallage , Fr. taille, a type of feudal tax. In its origins tallage is not clearly distinguishable from aids (a type of feudal due), and in Germany it never developed beyond an occasional "voluntary" gift from vassal to lord. The French taille, which became widespread and varied according to ... Read more
Alfred
Alfred 849-99, king of Wessex (871-99), sometimes called Alfred the Great, b. Wantage, Berkshire. Early Life The youngest son of King Æthelwulf, he was sent in 853 to Rome, where the pope gave him the title of Roman consul. He returned to Rome with his father in 855. His adolescence... Read more

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Danegeld
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Danegeld , medieval land tax originally raised to buy off raiding Danes and later used for military expenditures. In England the tribute...
Ethelred II
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...x2013;1013; 1014–16). Following continuous Danish attacks, he paid off the raiders with money raised by the Danegeld (994). The Danes returned nevertheless in 997, and again in 1002 when they were massacred by Ethelred's forces. The...
Sweyn
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Danes defeated and killed King Olaf I of Norway and divided his kingdom. Sweyn had previously invaded England and exacted Danegeld from King Æthelred . He invaded England again in 1003-4 and in 1013, when the English finally submitted and accepted...
Viking
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...xC6;thelred (978–1016); these increased in intensity until 991 when the first of a series of payments of Danegeld was made. The ultimate aim was now political domination of England and this was eventually achieved by Cnut who became king...
Alfred
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Faced by an enemy too powerful to defeat decisively, Alfred cleared the Danes from Wessex by a heavy payment of tribute (see Danegeld ) in 871. Alfred used the five-year respite that followed to begin building up a fleet. In 876 and 877 the Danes returned...
Æthelred II
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...Byrhtnoth at the battle of Maldon in 991. This was followed by attempts to buy off the Danes by the payment of immense sums as Danegeld , a course of action suggested by Archbishop Sigeric. £10,000 was paid to them in 993, and further immense sums...
Æthelred
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...hampered by the frequent treachery of his commanders. In 991 he began paying tribute to the Danes, which he raised by the Danegeld , but his tributary status did not prevent the Danes from returning. In 997 they came not only to raid but to remain and plunder...
tallage
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...by the French Revolution. The English tax known as tallage, introduced by the Norman kings as a partial substitute for the Danegeld , was levied by the kings and lords on their demesne lands (see demesne ); under Richard I and John it became a common source...

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Danegeld
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Danegeld The term is often wrongly applied to tribute payments made to the Vikings in the reign of Æ...pay for their own forces. It was this tax which Norman administrative documents called ‘Danegeld’.
Dane
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology ...ON. Danir pl. (late L. Danī ); superseding OE. Dene , which is repr. in Denmark (OE. Denemearc ). So danegeld tax imposed c. 1000. XI. — ON. * Danagjald (ODa. Danegjeld ), f. g. pl. of Danir Danes + gjald payment...
Ethelred II (the Unready)
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...misfortunes the Danes renewed their invasions. Ethelred bought them off on five occasions (991, 994, 1002, 1007, 1012) with DANEGELD . His attempt (1002) to massacre all the Danes in his kingdom was answered (1013) by the invasion of the King of Denmark...

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OPINION: It's Time for Corporations to Stop Paying Danegeld.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 5/16/2004; 700+ words ; ...attacking you. Tenth century England paid Danegeld to buy off its Viking invaders -- who...Today, companies pay their environmental Danegeld with vast glossy brochures showing how...planet. And they pay their stakeholder Danegeld by agreeing to consult everyone imaginable...
Probably the heaviest tax in the world.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 1/24/2008; 700+ words ; ...for this kind of thing. They called it Danegeld , and from that point onwards the English...mints (mostly silver pennies) went in Danegeld. Not surprisingly, then, if you...picked up on this fact in a poem called Danegeld: But we've proved it again and again...
Strange times
Magazine article from: Review - Institute of Public Affairs; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...the ALP doesn't have to. THE MODERN DANEGELD Southcorp recently gave a huge donation...discrediting competitors, corporate payers of Danegeld to green advocacy groups should remember...took the entire kingdom. Corporate Danegeld means trading away your legitimacy to...
Fed up with paying tax? Blame it on the French!
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 3/7/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...hordes led to the rise of a tax called Danegeld. An unprepared England was unable to...the East coast. So King Alfred levied Danegeld - literally money for the Danes - in...to 1016, that things got so bad that Danegeld had to be raised on an annual basis...
'Success' in N. Korea will fail in long run
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/20/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...And that is called paying the Danegeld; But we've proved it again and...That if once you have paid him the Danegeld You never get rid of the Dane...the United States -- i.e., Danegeld. Is it really that simple? No...
Is Aethelred the Unready Now at Helm of State?
Magazine article from: Human Events; 2/14/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...fighting them. These payoffs, known as danegeld, continued sporadically until 1012...pursuing a proposal to raise money for danegeld, er, that is, a pension fund for jihad...they had grasped that once you pay the danegeld, you never get rid of the Dane. [Author...
My heart aches for Kenneth Bigley and his family. But it will be the road to hell if we pay to win his freedom.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 9/30/2004; 700+ words ; ...his astonishingly perceptive poem Danegeld, about the money paid by Anglo...And that is called paying the Danegeld, But we've proved it again and...That if once you have paid him the Danegeld, You never get rid of the Dane...
The past is another profit centre
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/30/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...stunt might be to send out a demand for Danegeld. You know, the money the Vikings demanded...issued several thousand demand notes for Danegeld, on forms not unlike the poll tax...pounds 20,000. Can you imagine that? Danegeld, still being gladly paid in the late...
Will Alex ever be bought off with handouts?
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 2/20/2008; 700+ words ; ...concession after another. He called it 'paying the Danegeld'. Originally Danegeld was money paid by Ethelred the Unready to persuade...again andagain, that if once you have paid him the Danegeld, you never get rid of theDane'. Quite so. Will...
Facts the favourite
Newspaper article from: Evening Mail; 2/23/1999; 700+ words ; ...Foster (7) 2-1 fav (W Halliday) 14 ran FORECAST: 7-2 Danegeld, 4-1 Mullingar Con, Press To Sting, 9-2 Hopies Delight...Cottage, 12-1 Triple Eaves, 16-1 others. FORM GUIDE: DANEGELD - 9-2 (12-0) 2nd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Concerto Collonges...