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...

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...

their attacks across Southern England, but only after a large series of danegeld payments were made, eventually culminating to 48,000 pounds of silver....

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...

rather than fight, he would pay ransom to the Danes in a system known as Danegeld. As part of the ransom, a peace treaty was drawn up that was intended to...

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...

990s. Following the Battle of Maldon in 991, Æthelred paid tribute, or Danegeld, to the Danish king. In 1002, Æthelred ordered what became known as the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

expansion of the Vikings' presence in Northern Europe; England began to pay Danegeld in 865, and the Curonians faced an invasion by the Swedes around the same...

and Heritage". Viking, Saxon and Medieval jewellery reproductions from Danegeld. Retrieved 7 October 2022. "Richard III's remains sealed inside coffin...

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...

Danish nobles to keep them from English coasts. These payments, known as Danegelds, crippled the English economy. Æthelred then made an alliance with Normandy...

State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8797-2815-1. Round, John H (1888). Danegeld and the Finance of Domesday. in Dove, P. E. (ed.). Domesday Studies. London:...

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...

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)...

every penny Anglo-Saxon silver pennies were the currency used to pay the Danegeld, essentially protection money paid to the Vikings so that they would go...

along the coast. The first payment was 10,000 pounds." The payment of Danegeld had to be underwritten by a huge balance of payments surplus; this could...

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...

Viking enemy across causeway Army defeated, Byrhtnoth killed, English pay Danegeld tribute Gandalf Bridge of Khazad-dûm Holds the bridge against the Balrog...

more elusive or imaginary the foe, the better for manufacturing consent." Danegeld, was a protection tax paid by Christendom to stop Viking raids. During...

revenge. This was the first of a total of thirteen payments of so-called danegeld to Viking raiders by the Franks (the term is not expressly known to have...

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...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Geld may refer to: Gelding, equine castration Danegeld, a tax paid to Viking raiders Geld (surname) Gel (disambiguation) Gelt...

by the activities of Thorkell's army". Sweyn acquired massive sums of Danegeld through the raids. In 1013, he is reported to have personally led his forces...

990s. Following the Battle of Maldon in 991, Æthelred paid tribute, or Danegeld, to the Danish king. Æthelred married Emma of Normandy in 1002, daughter...