IT IS always a temptation to an armed and agile nation, To call upon a neighbour and to say: "We invaded you last night - we are quite prepared to fight, Unless you pay us cash to go away." ... And that is called asking for Dane-geld, And the people who ask ... It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation,
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A short history of Danegeld. ... DANEGELD, an English national tax originally levied by 'Ethelred II. (the Unready) as a means of raising the tribute which was the price of the temporary cessation of the Danish ravages. This expedient of buying off the invader was first adopted in 991 on the advice of certain great men of...
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www.1911encyclopedia.org/Danegeld
www.1911encyclopedia.org/Danegeld
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The "Danegeld" part wasn't a reference to desirability (or not) of having a national health care system. What caught my eye was the way that the larger drug companies have tried to buy their way to safety by supporting the effort in exchange for not being hit too hard by it.
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Danegeld was first exacted in the reign of Ethelred (II) the Unready (978–1016). This payment was distinct from the tax known as heregeld, which was levied annually between 1012 and 1051 to pay for a mercenary squadron of Danish ships in English service and to maintain a standing army.
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about danegeld. danegeld. Information about danegeld in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Danegeld was first exacted in the reign of Ethelred (II) the Unready (978–1016). This payment was distinct from the tax known as heregeld, which was levied annually between 1012 and 1051 to pay for...
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encyclopedia.farlex.com/Danegeld
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Viking jewellery,Saxon jewellery, medieval jewellery ... Danegeld - Anglo Saxon tax to buy off the Danish invaders and continued to be used as a name for the yearly...
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www.danegeld.co.uk/
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It is always a temptation for a rich and lazy nation, ... But we've proved it again and again, That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld You never get rid of the Dane. It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation, For fear they should succumb and go astray; So when you are requested to pay up or be molested,
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It's some time since I visited Palestine, so I may be out of date, but I don't remember seeing many Danish flags on sale there. Not much demand, I suppose. I raise the question because, ... Why were those Danish flags to hand? Who built up the stockpile so that they could be quickly dragged out right across the Muslim world...
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Instead of fighting the invaders, some English kings preferred to pay the Vikings to leave them in peace. These payments were called 'Danegeld'.
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