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DANEGELD , an See also:English See also:national tax originally levied by 'See also:Ethelred II. (the Unready) as a means of raising the See also:tribute which was the See also:price of the temporary cessation of the Danish ravages. This expedient of buying off the invader was first adopted in 991 on the See also:advice of certain See also:great men of the See also:kingdom. It was repeated in 994, 1002, 1007 and 1012. With the See also:accession of the Danish See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king Canute, the See also:original raison d'etre of the tax ceased to exist, but it continued to. be levied, though for a different purpose, assuming now the See also:character of an occasional See also:war-tax. It was exceedingly burdensome, and its abolition by See also:Edward the See also:Confessor in 1051 was welcomed as a great See also:relief. See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William the Conqueror revived it immediately after his accession, as a convenient method of national See also:taxation, and it was with the See also:object of facilitating its collection that he ordered the compilation of Domesday See also:Book. It continued to be levied until 1163, in which See also:year the name Danegeld appears for the last See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in the
Rolls. Its See also:place was taken by other imposts of similar character but different name.
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