Comments | taleyn_rta: Dane-geld

taleyn_rta

Dane-geld

Jun 27, 2010 22:12

"Go now. Read about the Kitegeld, and why one does not pay it."

Because Tally loves history and so does her player, here are some treasures she has extorted from the past. Aaaaaaaaaand the internet!

( Some notes on Kite-geld, or Dane-geld IRL, referenced by Benedict in the Throne Room, the day after the coup attempt )

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cyndre_rta June 28 2010, 04:49:03 UTC

Also known in more modern times as "racketeering".

On a more positive note: Wouldn't it be nice to get paid to stay home and NOT work?

Oh wait. There are subsidies that do that! :)

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taleyn_rta June 28 2010, 12:44:22 UTC

My pleasure! :) I was wondering precisely that, myself. Innnteresting times!

benedict_rta June 28 2010, 11:56:41 UTC

Just one thing. Æthelred Unrede was not unready, but un/rede/. Rede is advice, and Æthelred had no good advisors.

The first time that he payed the Danegeld, it was 10,000 lb of silver. By the battle of Ringmere (Vikings 1-v-0 Saxons) it was 35,000 lb.

That was two things, really.

taleyn_rta June 28 2010, 12:43:04 UTC

Indeed! I read somewhere that his paying the Danegeld was advised to him by the then-Archbishop of Canterbury, but darned if I can find it at the moment.