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A medieval land tax originally raised to pay off raiding Danes and was later used to fund military expenditures. The tribute was first levied in England in 868 and again in 871. Under the leader Aethelred (978-1016) it became a regular tax until it was replaced during the reign of William the Conqueror. The tax rate was two shillings for every "hide" of land which was about 100-120 acres.

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• Danegeld

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danegeld
  Wikipedia entry includes history and contemporary usage.

• Danegeld, by Rudyard Kipling

  http://jeffersonian.therealgunguys.com/danegeld.html
  Copy of the poem by Kipling.

• Vikings and Money in England

  http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/viking.html
  An essay originally written by Roy Davies for the Viking Network for Schools and based on the book by Glyn Davies on monetary history.

 

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