Events Tagged: "Danegeld"

First Danegeld payment - Ethelred pays 10,000 pounds of silver to Vikings after Battle of Maldon defeat

Second Danegeld payment - 16,000 pounds paid to Olaf Tryggvason and Sweyn Forkbeard after siege of London

Third Danegeld payment - 24,000 pounds of silver paid to Viking army

Fourth Danegeld payment - 36,000 pounds paid, massive tax burden on England

Massive Danegeld of 48,000 pounds paid - largest payment ever to Vikings, Thorkell the High enters English service