Talk:Danegeld

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A danegeld was not just an English tax, it was also used in Francia, and it did not necessaraily have to be a 'tax' in the proper use of the word. Charles the Bald was the first Frankish king to pay a danegeld in 845. This consisted of him handing over 7,000 lb's of silver to the viking leader Ragnar.

Source: The year 845 in the Annals of St Bertin. I'll come back later and rewrite this article unless anyone else has further input?

Just checking a few sources and the first English danegeld actually appears to have been in 865 by the people of Kent.

Source: Jones, Gywn. A History of the Vikings. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968.