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AD 1086Placed in a yearEast AsiaEconomy and exchange
The Song shi basic annals record that on a xinmao day in the eighth lunar month of Yuanyou 1 (AD 1086) an edict ordered that the Ever-Normal (常平) system follow the old regulations, and abolished the green-sprouts money (青苗錢).
Limits: The Song shi is a Yuan-compiled (1343-45) official history drawing on Song court records; the English is an AI working translation. The entry does not say which earlier regulations are meant or describe the green-sprouts money; the English names are conventional working renderings.
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AD 1086Placed in a yearEuropePolitics and institutions
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Ingram/Giles translation) records under 1086 that the king came by Lammas to Sarum, where he was met by his councillors, and all the landsmen of any account over all England became his men and swore him oaths of allegiance that they would be faithful to him against all other men.
Limits: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a monastic chronicle, used here through the 19th-century English translation of Ingram/Giles (Old English not checked); this records what the Chronicle says, not independent confirmation. The Chronicle gives the time only as "by Lammas" and the place as "Sarum"; the number of those who swore is not given.
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