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I think you might have that concept backwards. Danegeld was payment to "terrorists" presumably arrived at through the pragmatic notion that paying for protectio

I think you might have that concept backwards. Danegeld was payment to "terrorists" presumably arrived at through the pragmatic notion that paying for protection was better than being dead.

TeMPOraL 12y ago
When people say "dane geld", they often refer to the poem of R. Kipling, "Dane-geld", which explains why you should not pay it. That's what I was referring to. http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_danegeld.htm http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_danegeld.htm