- A
fief (/fiːf/; Latin: feudum) was a
central element in
medieval contracts based on
feudal law. It
consisted of a form of
property holding or
other rights...
- habitants. The
lands were
arranged in long
narrow strips called seigneuries or
fiefs along the
banks of the St.
Lawrence River, its estuaries, and
other key...
-
English as a mesne-
fief or mesne-tenure, an
arriere-
fief or subfief, under-tenure or mesnalty.
Within the Holy
Roman Empire,
these mesne fiefs became inheritable...
- "thirty-six governments"
corresponded to the
provinces on
which all the
fiefs and
arrière-
fiefs depended,
providing territorial districts for
defense and marshaling...
- : 321 : 68 to as late as 1156.: 38
Records suggest that the
priory was an
arriére-
fief of the
Benedictine abbey of Mont St.
Michel under whose authority it...
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arrangement arrangé
arrangeable arrangeant arrangeur arrière-ban "
arriere-ban"
arrière-
fief arrière-garde
arrière-salle
arrimer arrimage arrimeur arrimeuse arroi...
- in Canada,
Guyon was in turn
granted a one-thousand-arpent
arrière-
fief (subordinated-
fief) land
concession from Giffard.
Guyon traveled aboard a convoy...
-
recognised the
county of Clermont-en-Argonne as a
fief of the
bishop of
Verdun and an
arrière-
fief of the Holy
Roman Empire. Its
customary law (coutume)...
-
granting of a
banner implied that
Capua was a
direct fief of the papacy, in fact it was an
arrière-
fief.
Alfonso was a v****al of his father, who was a v****al...
- King took his
humble host to Ascalon,
where in
desperation he
issued an
arrière-ban,
summoning all able-bodied men.
Saladin reached Ascalon on 22 November...
