Danegeld
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
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 later rulers until the 12th cent., when it was converted into tallage .
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