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The Golden Cavalry of St George was the colloquial name of subsidies paid out by the British government to other states in Europe in the 18th and the 19th centuries, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. The name is a euphemism and derives from the British sovereign gold coins often used in those payments, which bore an image of Saint George, the patron saint of England, on horseback slaying the dragon.
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| dbo:abstract | The Golden Cavalry of St George was the colloquial name of subsidies paid out by the British government to other states in Europe in the 18th and the 19th centuries, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. The name is a euphemism and derives from the British sovereign gold coins often used in those payments, which bore an image of Saint George, the patron saint of England, on horseback slaying the dragon. During the War of the Austrian Succession, Britain kept Austria afloat by large subsidies owing to the Anglo-Austrian Alliance. In the Seven Years' War, Britain did the same for Prussia, which was now allied against the Austrians. The Anglo-Prussian Convention, signed in April 1758, guaranteed Prussia a payment of £670,000 a year. In more recent times T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) is reported to have made payments of gold sovereigns to Arab soldiers during the Arab Revolt in return for their co-operation, and he was nicknamed in Arabic Abu Khayyal, meaning "father of the horsemen". During World War II, the Cavalry of St George was a euphemism for large-scale bribery of Spanish officials in Francisco Franco's dictatorship to prevent Spain from joining the Germans in the war. (en) La Cavalleria d'Oro di San Giorgio (in inglese: Golden Cavalry of St George) era il termine colloquiale col quale venivano definiti i sussidi economici pagati dal governo inglese a sostegno di altri stati europei nel corso del XVIII e XIX secolo, ed in particolare durante le Guerre napoleoniche. Il nome curioso proviene dall'immagine di San Giorgio, santo patrono dell'Inghilterra, impresso sulle ghinee d'oro britanniche. Durante la Guerra di Successione austriaca la Gran Bretagna sostenne l'Austria con grosse somme di denaro e supporti in seno all'Alleanza anglo-austriaca. Otto anni più tardi nella Guerra dei Sette anni fece lo stesso con la Prussia, pur non essendo ad ogni modo alleati entrambi contro gli austriaci. La Convenzione anglo-prussiana siglata nell'aprile del 1757 garantiva alla Prussia il pagamento della somma di 670.000 sterline all'anno durante la durata della guerra. (it) |
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| rdfs:comment | The Golden Cavalry of St George was the colloquial name of subsidies paid out by the British government to other states in Europe in the 18th and the 19th centuries, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. The name is a euphemism and derives from the British sovereign gold coins often used in those payments, which bore an image of Saint George, the patron saint of England, on horseback slaying the dragon. (en) La Cavalleria d'Oro di San Giorgio (in inglese: Golden Cavalry of St George) era il termine colloquiale col quale venivano definiti i sussidi economici pagati dal governo inglese a sostegno di altri stati europei nel corso del XVIII e XIX secolo, ed in particolare durante le Guerre napoleoniche. Il nome curioso proviene dall'immagine di San Giorgio, santo patrono dell'Inghilterra, impresso sulle ghinee d'oro britanniche. (it) |
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