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The English paid off the Vikings for almost a century. But was the Danegeld such a bad idea?
When King Æthelred II came to the English throne in 978 CE as a child of around ten, England had enjoyed decades without major Viking attacks.
SyndicatedMatthew Firth, Research Fellow in Medieval History, Flinders University25 Sept 20265 min read

The English paid off the Vikings for almost a century. But was the Danegeld such a bad idea?