Definition of Vassalage. Meaning of Vassalage. Synonyms of Vassalage

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Definition of Vassalage

Vassalage
Vassalage Vas"sal*age, n. [OE. vassalage, F. vasselage, LL. vassallaticum.] 1. The state of being a vassal, or feudatory. 2. Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks. 3. A territory held in vassalage. ``The Countship of Foix, with six territorial vassalages.' --Milman. 4. Vassals, collectively; vassalry. [R.] --Shak. 5. Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal; valor; prowess; courage. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Meaning of Vassalage from wikipedia

- called a suzerain. The rights and obligations of a v****al are called v****alage, while the rights and obligations of a suzerain are called suzerainty...
- the capture of the capital in 1570.: 146–7  Then was a brief period of v****alage to Burma until Naresuan proclaimed independence in 1584.: 11  Ayutthaya...
- within the feudal structure not only the warrior aristocracy bound by v****alage, but also the peasantry bound by manorialism, and the estates of the Church...
- declaring the independence of a nation, thus turning the legal bond of v****alage into one of citizenship as a component of sovereignty and, in addition...
- ties to the shugo lords in the form of v****alage as the shugo could provide some form of local security. V****alage ties between the shugo lord and kokujin...
- dynasty in northwestern China. Hoping to both to plunder and acquire v****alage, Genghis Khan commanded some initial raids against the Western Xia before...
- Initially, they were not annexed outright—they remained in a state of v****alage, subordinate to the ****yrians but allowed a certain degree of freedom...
- southern Mesopotamia, and the early Amorite rulers were largely held in v****alage to Elam. Babylon remained a minor town in a small state until the reign...
- Dhimitër Jonima (? – 1409) was an Albanian nobleman from the Jonima family. He initially resisted the Ottomans - namely at the Battle of Kosovo - before...
- The First Sikh State was a breakaway and short lived sovereign Sikh state during the 18th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent that...