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   Dane-geld
   Dane-geld (Danegeld, Danegelt) was a tribute paid to the Danes to stop their ravages in England. It was first raised by Ethelred II in 991, and again in 1003; and was levied after the expulsion of the Danes to pay fleets for clearing the seas of them. The tax was suppressed by Edward the Confessor in 1051; revibed by William I in 1068; and formed part of the revenue of the crown, until it was abolished by Stephen in 1136. The tax was levied on every hide of land (as much as one plough could plou...
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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...
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   Danegeld
   The `Danegeld` (`Dane gold`) was an English tribute raised to pay off Viking raiders to save the land from being ravaged. The expeditions were usually led by the Danish kings, but they were composed by warriors from all over Scandinavia, and they eventually brought home more than 100 tonnes of silver. The term has come to be used as a warning and a criticism of any coercive payment, whether in money or kind.
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   Danegeld
   • (n.) Alt. of Danegelt
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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 ...
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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...
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