Danegeld is introduced as a payment intended to persuade Danish raiders to leave England. The explanation focuses on the incentive created by a successful demand for money. Receiving payment demonstrated that further wealth could be extracted, giving the raiders a reason to return. The analogy distinguishes buying an immediate departure from removing the incentive for another raid.
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Danegeld and the incentive to return
A medieval analogy examines why payment that ends one raid can encourage another.