Payment formerly demanded by victorious warlords – usually only in coins of gold – as compensation for their expenses, such as recruiting, arming, feeding and paying warriors, and providing transportation. – In particular, a payment made by Sweden to many Protestant provinces and cities in Germany – as a
POENA PACIS – imposed on those whom Swedes had come to the aid of in the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648). – See Festungsgeld, Friedensgeld, Grabengeld, Heergeld, Kavalleriegeld, Kontribution, Manubien, Marschroutengeld, Obristen-Darlehn, Quartiergeld, Ranzion, Rockgeld, Sühnegeld, Türkengeld.
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