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Danegeld

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 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 . Author not available, DANEGELD. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Danegeld
Danegeld. The term is often applied to tribute payments made to the Vikings in the reign of Æthelred II (978–1016...was only abolished by Edward the Confessor in 1051. It was this tax which Norman administrative documents called ‘Danegeld’, though the Anglo-Saxons knew it as heregeld ... Read more

Danegeld
Danegeld The term is often wrongly applied to tribute payments made to the Vikings in the reign of Æthelred II (978–1016); these payments are known as gafol in the Anglo‐Saxon Chronicle . In 1012 Æthelred introduced...a Scandinavian force led by Thorkell the Tall which he had recruited to fight ... Read more

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	Traders pay the price over store thieving ; ...they couldn't beat the Viking invaders, English rulers like Ethelred II paid what amounted to 'protection money' - known as Danegeld - for the aggressors to go away and stop being a nuisance. I mention this because we seem to be adopting a similar attitude... Read more
	Is Aethelred the Unready Now at Helm of State? ; ...fighting them. These payoffs, known as danegeld, continued sporadically until 1012. The...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... Read more
	Creativity. ; ...latter-day Viking invaders), but would point out that he was just trying to pay tribute to the young ladies' wit and imagination. In Danegeld. (But they would insist on Finngeld!) So on now to transferable skills: know-how gained in one job that may prove handy in... Read more
	The list ; ...Independence Day (nor, indeed, for the World Cup); Argentina from April to June; Italy on the Ides of March; Denmark on anniversary of Danegeld; Ireland over Easter; Scotland on Duke of Cumberland's birthday; Wales on the anniversary of Tonypandy; Germany on Hitler's... Read more
	Fed up with paying tax? Blame it on the French! ; ...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... Read more
	Former PM backs formula campaign ; ...expense of less well-off areas in England, made the break-up of the United Kingdom more likely.Comparing the arrangement to Danegeld, protection money paid to the Vikings by the English, Sir John demanded that spending be based on need.Such a shake-up would... Read more
	Vikings prepare to do it all again ... ; ...to wipe out Viking settlers in England, King Ethelred the Unready ordered their massacre almost a millennium ago. But Viking Danegeld law outlived Ethelred and the raiders plundered with renewed vigour afterwards. Later this month the re-enactment group known... Read more

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