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Feudalism

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feudalism
system of obligations binding lords and their subjects; Europe 9th- 15th C.
vassal
person who trades use of land for fealty to a lord; feudal tenant
lord
person who has authority, control, or power over others
serf
person in condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord
commendation ceremony
ceremony of vassalage; the two-part act of homage and oath of fealty
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homage
formal public acknowledgment that vassal belongs to lord
fealty
obligation or engagement to be faithful to a lord, sworn to by a vassal
peasantry
small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank
manorialism
manorial organization, or its principles and practices in the Middle Ages
baronial
feudal vassal holding his lands under direct grant from the king
reciprocity
corresponding advantages are granted by one country to citizens of another
fiefs
feud held of a feudal lord; tenure of land subject to feudal obligations
warrior nobility
system where nobleman are also also a warriors
feudal land tenure
pertaining to the holding of land in a fief or fee
knight
A man, raised to honorable military rank and bound to chivalrous conduct

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