For the poem by Rudyard Kipling, see Dane-geld (poem).
The runestone U 241 in Lingsberg, Uppland, Sweden, was raised by the grandchildren of Ulfríkr circa 1050 in commemoration of his twice receiving Danegeld in England.
Danegeld (/ˈdeɪnɡɛld/;[1] "Danish tax", literally "Dane yield" or tribute) was a tax raised to pay tribute or protection money to the Viking raiders to save a land from being ravaged. It was called the geld or gafol in eleventh-century sources. It was characteristic of royal policy in both England and Francia during the ninth through eleventh centuries, collected both as tributary, to buy off the attackers, and as stipendiary, to pay the defensive forces. The term Danegeld did not appear until the late eleventh century. In Anglo-Saxon England tribute payments to the Danes was known as gafol and the levy raised to support the standing army, for the defence of the realm, was known as heregeld (army-tax).
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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...
their attacks across Southern England, but only after a large series of danegeld payments were made, eventually culminating to 48,000 pounds of silver....
He presumably collected a large amount in taxes for a (non-tributary) Danegeld to pay for keeping the Vikings out of Neustria. But peace between the Franks...
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...
financed by direct taxation which had its origins in the tribute known as Danegeld. It consisted mostly of men of Scandinavian descent and it had an initial...
at Easter 1084 but may have been in England before then to collect the danegeld assessed that year for the defence of England against an invasion by King...
rapid expansion of the Vikings in Northern Europe; England began to pay Danegeld in 859, and the Curonians of Grobin faced an invasion by the Swedes at...
911 at Chartres. The Norman threat was eventually ended, with the last Danegeld paid in 924 and 926. Both nobles became increasingly opposed to Charles...
rapid expansion of the Vikings in Northern Europe; England began to pay Danegeld in 859 CE, and the Curonians of Grobin faced an invasion by the Swedes...
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...
tax or due that was paid by a vassal to his lord during feudal times. Danegeld, a medieval land tax originally raised to pay off raiding Danes and later...
Viking enemy across causeway Army defeated, Byrhtnoth killed, English pay Danegeld tribute Gandalf Bridge of Khazad-dûm Holds the bridge against the Balrog...
Danish nobles to keep them from English coasts. These payments, known as Danegelds, crippled the English economy. Æthelred then made an alliance with Normandy...
and Heritage". Viking, Saxon and Medieval jewellery reproductions from Danegeld. Retrieved 7 October 2022. "Richard III's remains sealed inside coffin...
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Geld may refer to: Gelding, equine castration Danegeld, a tax paid to Viking raiders Geld (surname) Gel (disambiguation) Gelt...
time based on the Isle of Ely. Sweyn soon accepted a further payment of Danegeld from William, and returned home. After the departure of the Danes the Fenland...
Vikings rather than continue the armed struggle. The result was a payment of Danegeld of 10,000 Roman pounds (3,300 kg) of silver (approx £1.8M at 2022 prices)...
areas were "client nations": subject to payment of a yearly tribute or danegeld to Sweyn and later Canute, all three areas retained their autonomy from...
defeat the English army, whose leader, Byrhtnoth, is killed. The first Danegeld, of £10,000, is paid to the Danes in return for their leaving England (according...
more elusive or imaginary the foe, the better for manufacturing consent." Danegeld, was a protection tax paid by Christendom to stop Viking raids. During...
Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019. "Danegeld in the Delta; The Niger Delta Avengers". The Economist. 25 June 2016. Archived...
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