Trinoda necessitas
Trinoda necessitas is a Latin term used to refer to a "threefold tax" in Anglo-Saxon times. Subjects of an Anglo-Saxon king were required to yield three services: bridge-bote (repairing bridges and roads), burgh-bote (building and maintaining fortifications), and fyrd-bote (serving in the militia, known as the fyrd). Rulers very rarely exempted subjects from the trinoda necessitas, because these services were the lifeblood of an Anglo-Saxon kingdom.[1][2]
The term "trinoda necessitas" was rarely used in Anglo-Saxon times: its only known use is in a grant of land near Pagham, Sussex from King Cædwalla of Wessex to Saint Wilfred.[3] Instead, grants typically described the services individually. In fact, the original grant used the term trimoda (Latin for "triple"); trinoda (Latin for "triple-knotted") was an error introduced by John Selden in 1610.[3][4]
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- ^ Lapidge, Michael; John Blair, Simon Keynes, Donald Scragg (2000-11-15). The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 456–457. ISBN 0631224920.
- ^ Stenton, Frank M. (2001-09-20). Anglo-Saxon England: Reissue with a new cover (3 ed.). Oxford University Press, USA. p. 289. ISBN 0192801392.
- ^ a b Stevenson, W.H. (October 1914). "Trinoda Necessitas". The English Historical Review 29 (66).
- ^ "Trinoda Necessitas". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911.
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