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The history of England, from the earliest times to the Norman Conquest

Note 192 — Chapter XXII · ETHELRED THE REDELESS.

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It is stated in Ethelred’s Treaty with Olaf (Liebermann, i., 220–228) that the sum promised to the invaders was “22,000 pounds of gold and silver”. The document is, on other grounds, an interesting one, as it seems to show a serious effort to secure permanent peace between the two nations.

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