- has
feudal law and
legal fiefs in
existence today. Each
fief has a
Seigneur or Dame that owns the
fief. The
Guernsey fiefs and
seigneurs have long existed...
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secular fief if he
bestowed them on a v****al. All
fiefs were
personal and hereditary, and many of the
latter could be
inherited by
female descent.
Fiefs bestowed...
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warrior nobility and
revolved around the key
concepts of lords, v****als, and
fiefs. A
broader definition, as
described by Marc
Bloch (1939),
includes not only...
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feudis in
order to
secure the
support of the vasv****ores
petty gentry,
whose fiefs he
declared hereditary.
While Conrad stabilised his rule, however, the Imperial...
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allowed his
cousin Giovanni Gaetano (Giangaetano, died 1232) to buy the
fiefs of Vicovaro, Licenza,
Roccagiovine and Nettuno,
which formed the nucleus...
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maintain residences in Edo as well as
their fiefs, and to move
periodically between Edo and
their fiefs,
typically spending alternate years in each place...
- 1969)
There were
three types of
ducal titles: the duchés grands-
fiefs or
dukes of
large fiefs outside the
territory of the
First French Empire (but with no...
- The
Fief of
Viborg (1320–1534) was for two
centuries a late
medieval fief in the
southeastern border of
Finland and the
entire Swedish realm. It was held...
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Tamora Pierce (born
December 13, 1954) is an
American writer of
fantasy fiction for teenagers,
known best for
stories featuring young heroines. She made...
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Imperial immediacy (German:
Reichsfreiheit or Reichsunmittelbarkeit) was a
privileged constitutional and
political status rooted in
German feudal law under...
