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Danegeld (/ˈdeɪnɡɛld/; "Danish tax",
literally "Dane yield" or tribute) was a tax
raised to pay
tribute or
protection money to the
Viking raiders to save...
- and
daughter of
Richard I, Duke of Normandy. In 1018,
having collected a
Danegeld amounting to the
colossal sum of £72,000
levied nationwide, with an additional...
- two
danegelds in England. It does not
mention which leaders paid the
danegelds,
unlike the
other two
runestones in
Uppland that talk of
danegelds, U 344...
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paying "
Danegeld", or what is
nowadays called blackmail and
protection money. The most
famous lines are "once you have paid him the
Danegeld/ You never...
- Anglo-Saxon
kingdoms re****erted themselves. Wes****
agreed to pay the so-called
Danegeld to the Danes, and in 1017
England became part of the
North Sea
Empire of...
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English bought a
truce for £24,000. Æthelred's
frequent payments of
immense Danegelds are
often held up as
exemplary of the
incompetency of his
government and...
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Since there were many
years between the
danegelds, it is
likely that Ulfr
returned to
Sweden after each
danegeld to live as a
wealthy magnate. It is a remarkable...
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since 1964, and in 1968 its name was
changed from The Big V to the
Danegeld. The
Danegeld staff has also
created an
online blog that
allows students to openly...
- at
Easter 1084 but may have been in
England before then to
collect the
danegeld ****essed that year for the
defence of
England against an
invasion by King...
- who
after winning the
Battle of
Maldon were able to
extract the
first Danegeld from King Æthelred.
After the
Norman Conquest much of the
county became...
