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fealty, from the
Latin fidelitas (faithfulness), is a
pledge of
allegiance of one
person to another. In
medieval Europe, the
swearing of
fealty took...
- two elements, one to
perform the act of
homage and the
other an oath of
fealty. In some countries, such as the
Kingdom of Sicily, the
commendation ceremony...
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Slugger O'Toole is a
weblog started in June 2002 by
political analyst Mick
Fealty. It
began life as
Letter to
Slugger O'Toole,
focused primarily on news and...
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meaning was then
applied to land itself, in
which land was used to pay for
fealty, such as to a v****al. Thus the old word feos
meaning movable property would...
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holding or
other rights granted by an
overlord to a v****al, who held it in
fealty or "in fee" in
return for a form of
feudal allegiance,
services or payments...
- 1279–1298). However, it was
mostly a
network of
local lords who
swore fealty to Sukhothai, not
directly controlled by it.: 55–6 He is
believed have...
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applied to
similar arrangements in
other feudal societies. In contrast,
fealty (fidelitas) was sworn,
unconditional loyalty to a monarch. In
fully developed...
- Oath of
Fealty is a 1981
novel by
American writers Larry Niven and
Jerry Pournelle,
published originally by
Phantasia Press, then by
Timescape Books, with...
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Owain Gwynedd's
grandson Llywelyn Fawr (the Great, 1173–1240),
received the
fealty of
other Welsh lords in 1216 at the
council at Aberdyfi,
becoming in effect...
- The
Kingdom of
Brittany (Breton:
Rouantelezh Breizh) was a short-lived v****al-state of the
Frankish Empire that
emerged during the
Norse invasions. Its...
