- 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...
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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...
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Viborg into an
independent feudal fief, the
start of a
veritable margraviate.[citation needed] The
position of the
fiefed chatelain was "to
defend the castle...
- corps.
Provincial soldiers,
which were
fiefed (Turkish Tımarlı), the most
important being Timarli Sipahi (lit. "
fiefed cavalry") and
their retainers (called...
- "feudal society".
Although it is
derived from the
Latin word
feodum or
feudum (
fief),
which was used
during the
Medieval period, the term
feudalism and the system...
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Imperial immediacy (German:
Reichsfreiheit or Reichsunmittelbarkeit) was a
privileged constitutional and
political status rooted in
German feudal law under...
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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...
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Kingdom of
Poland Grand
Duchy of
Lithuania Duchy of
Livonia Duchy of Prussia,
Polish fief Duchy of
Courland and Semigallia,
Commonwealth fief...
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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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Milan in 1535,
claimed direct possession of that
territory as an
Imperial fief.
After Charles divided his
possession between a
Spanish and
Austrian branch...
