Definition of Fief. Meaning of Fief. Synonyms of Fief

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Definition of Fief

Fief
Fief Fief, n. [F. fief; of German origin, and the same word as E. fee. See Fee, and cf. Feud, a tief.] (Law) An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2.

Meaning of Fief from wikipedia

- 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...
- 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...
- of France (8 close family members) Sovereign princes (3) Dukes of large fiefs (20) Victory princes (4) Victory dukedoms (10) Other dukedoms (3) Counts...
- Imperial immediacy (German: Reichsfreiheit or Reichsunmittelbarkeit) was a privileged constitutional and political status rooted in German feudal law under...
- 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...
- Middle Ages, an ecclesiastical fief, held from the Catholic Church, followed all the laws laid down for temporal fiefs. The suzerain, e.g. bishop, abbot...
- establishing him as the ruler of that region and allowing his title and fief to be legitimately inherited by his descendants. This created large numbers...
- Kingdom of Poland   Grand Duchy of Lithuania   Duchy of Livonia   Duchy of Prussia, Polish fief   Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, Commonwealth fief...
- gave it lands. Dependent fiefs of the Lordship of Stalle included the Fief of Overhem and the Fief of the Roetaert. The Fief of Overhem was located between...
- "**** feudalism" is a somewhat controversial term invented by 19th-century historians to characterise the form feudalism took in the Late Middle Ages...