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Danegeld
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Danegeld
a land tax levied on the CARUCATE, HIDE or SULONG, originally to buy off Danish attacks on late Anglo-Saxon England; in Norman times a normal peace-time tax raised almost every year.
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danegeld
In English history, a tax imposed from 991 onwards by Anglo-Saxon kings to pay tribute to the Vikings. After the Norman Conquest (1066), the tax was revived and was levied until 1162; the Normans... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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Danegeld
• (n.) Alt. of Danegelt Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/danegeld/
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Danegeld
a tax levied in Anglo-Saxon England to buy off Danish invaders in the reign of Ethelred II (978–1016); it also designates the recurrent gelds, or ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/6
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Danegeld
The Danegeld (d; "Danish tax", literally "Dane debt") was a tax raised to pay tribute to the Viking raiders to save a land from being ravaged. It was called the geld or gafol in eleventh-century sources; the term Danegeld did not appear until the early twelfth century. It was characteristic of roya... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danegeld
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Danegeld
Danegeld (dān'geld") , 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 ta... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0814610.html
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danegeld
In English history, a tax imposed from 991 onwards by Anglo-Saxon kings to pay tribute to the Vikings. After the Norman Conquest (1066), the tax was revived and was levied until 1162; the Normans used it to finance military operations. Danegeld was first exacted in the reign of Ethelred (II) the Unr... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0022415.html
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danegeld
1) Anglo-saxon tax Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/danegeld/1
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