Definition of Overlordship. Meaning of Overlordship. Synonyms of Overlordship

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Definition of Overlordship

Overlordship
Overlordship O"ver*lord"ship, n. Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others. --J. R. Green.

Meaning of Overlordship from wikipedia

- are also sometimes known as lords, feudal lords, or chief lords. An overlordship came into existence by the process of the lord of the manor granting...
- along with parts of Dumnonia, were conquered. He also obtained the overlordship of the Northumbrian king. However, Mercian independence was restored...
- related people, but mostly finished by the 9th century. The Frankish overlordship ended during the reign of Mislav, or his successor Trpimir I. The native...
- were forced at the same time, or very soon thereafter, to accept the overlordship of the Ilkhanids [...] Numismatic evidence thus suggest that independence...
- seems likely that Cynewulf maintained some independence from Mercian overlordship. Evidence of the relationship between kings can come from charters, which...
- of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms from the 5th century onwards who had achieved overlordship of some or all of the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. It is unclear whether...
- Sultan for using the territory lying at the foothills and accepted the overlordship of the Sultan. Chandra, Satish (2004). Medieval India: From Sultanat...
- independence. Initially, it was ruled by a lord or ealdorman under the overlordship of Alfred the Great, who styled himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons". The...
- ****erted England's claim to the Kingdom of Ireland free from the Papal overlordship. This change did, however, also allow a policy of peaceful reconciliation...
- attack Wales. They conquered and ruled parts of it, acknowledging the overlordship of the Norman kings of England but with considerable local independence...