 "Fealty" also referred to the duties incumbent upon a vassal that were owed to the lord, which consisted of service and aid.One part of the oath of fealty included swearing to always remain faithful to the lord.The oath of fealty usually took place after the act of homage, when, by the symbolic act of kneeling before the lord and placing his hands between the hands of the lord, the vassal became the "man" of the lord.