Definition of Castellany. Meaning of Castellany. Synonyms of Castellany

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Definition of Castellany

Castellany
Castellany Cas"tel*la*ny, n.; pl. Castellanies. [LL. castellania.] The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.

Meaning of Castellany from wikipedia

- in medieval Europe. Its surrounding territory was referred to as the castellany. The word stems from castell****. A castellan was almost always male,...
- The Castellany of Gützkow was a castellany in the Duchy of Pomerania in the High Middle Ages. It was established before 1128 from the Prin****lity of Gützkow...
- over an entire province comprising many bailiwicks, seneschalties and castellanies. All men from the richest noble to the poorest commoner were summoned...
- first adult responsibility recorded is the castellany of Faverges in 1353. In 1355 he received the castellany of Conflans, which controlled the valleys...
- 1300 and the first historical do****ent attesting to the existence of a castellany dates to 1313. With the completion of St John's Cathedral in 1390, Warsaw...
- The Brugse Vrije was a castellany in the county of Flanders, often called in English "the Franc of Bruges". It included the area around Bruges, and was...
- During the reign of Bolesław III Wrymouth it was raised to the rank of a castellany. During the period of feudal fragmentation of Poland it was initially...
- constituting the Kingdom of Poland prior to its fragmentation while the Santok Castellany was outright sold to Brandenburg by the Piast dukes of Greater Poland...
- was in charge of part of a Voivodeship (till the 15th century called a Castellany, and thereafter divided into provinces for Major Castellans and powiats...
- and ecclesiastical officials. Many of these same citadels later formed castellanies which housed government, militia, and local courts. In 888, the Western...