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Danegeld

DateWed 2007-11-14
Danegeld was a sort of protection money extorted from Anglo-Saxon kings by Viking and Danish raiders in the years between about 850 and 1020.  The extraction of Danegeld was so extensive that, according to Sven B. Jansson, more English penny coins from that period have been found in Sweden than in England.
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