vassalage definition
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- Vassalage \Vassal*age\, n. [OE. vassalage, F. vasselage, LL. vassallaticum.] [1913 Webster] 1. The state of being a vassal, or feudatory. [1913 Webster] 2. Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks. [1913 Webster] 3. A territory held in vassalage.
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Protectorate Protectorate. A form of international guardianship that arises under International Law when a weaker state surrenders by treaty the management of some or all of its international affairs to a stronger state.rotectorate. A form of international guardianship that arises under International Law when a weaker state surrenders by treaty the management of some or all of its international affairs to a stronger state.
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Feudal System Definition: Tenants or, as they were then called, serfs or vassals would lease land from the lord in exchange for loyalty and goods or services, such as military assistance or money; see also Legal Definition of Heriot. In exchange, the vassal would be protected from attack and have exclusive use of a designated parcel of land.
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feudalism Define feudalism. feudalism synonyms, feudalism pronunciation, feudalism translation, English dictionary definition of feudalism. n. 1. A political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to about the 15th century, based on the holding of all land in fief or fee and the resulting...
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Lord Under the feudal system, lord had a wide, loose and varied meaning. An overlord was a person from whom a landholding or a manor was held by a mesne lord or vassal under various forms of feudal land tenure. The modern term landlord is a vestigial survival of this function.
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Conquest Conquest, in international law, the acquisition of territory through force, especially by a victorious state in a war at the expense of a defeated state. An effective conquest takes place when physical appropriation of territory (annexation) is followed by “subjugation” (i.e., the legal process of transferring title).
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- Thus there develops the relationship between lord and vassal which is at the heart of feudalism. The lord gives the vassal an income-yielding fief (fehu-od in Frankish, the basis of the word 'feudal'). The vassal does homage to the lord, formalizing the relationship.
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What is a simple definition of feudalism? n. 1. A political and economic system of Europe from the 9th to about the 15th century, based on the holding of all land in fief or fee and the resulting relation of lord to vassal and characterized by homage, legal and military service of tenants, and forfeiture.
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vassal Learner's definition of VASSAL. [count] : a person in the past who received protection and land from a lord in return for loyalty and service — often used figuratively to describe a person, country, etc., that is controlled by someone or something more powerful. The states became vassals of the empire.
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vassal (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant. 2. a person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject, subordinate, follower, or retainer. 3. a servant or slave.
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vassal Vassal definition, (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant. See more.
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- Many vassals in the Middle Ages led the role of both vassal and lord. This meant that they were vassals to a lord, but also leased some of the land that they were granted. In fact, in the feudal system, a majority of nobility were probably in this situation.
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- Practices of Feudalism. 1  Fief‑holding. 2  A fief is a hereditary position with land and peasants. 3  In order to keep a fief, a lord had to be able to protect his land. 4  A lord could give one of his vassals a fief. 5  Primogeniture. 6  The land went to the eldest son. 7  Relief. 8  Taxes paid by vassals to their lord.
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- Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others acting like a master, a chief, or a ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are entitled to courtesy titles. The collective Lords can refer to a group or body of peers.
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- Feudalism – the manor was the chief non-church political entity. The manor (large estate), headed by a nobleman, had absolute authority over the serfs, (peasants) who worked the land. Lords of manors were vassals, or subjects, of a king. The king’s knights protected the lords and their land. Serfs (servants) owed allegiance to their lord.
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tributary Definition of tributary. 1  1 : paying tribute to another to acknowledge submission, to obtain protection, or to purchase peace : subject. 2  2 : paid or owed as tribute tributary gifts. 3  3 : channeling material or supplies into something more inclusive : contributory.
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homage 1. respect; reverence: to pay homage to one's forebears. 2. a. the formal acknowledgment by a feudal vassal of fealty to his lord. b. the relationship thus established between vassal and lord. c. something done or given in acknowledgment of vassalage. 3. something acknowledging the worth of another: a festschrift presented as an homage to a great teacher.
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vassalage the state or condition of a vassal. 2. homage or service required of a vassal. 3. a territory held by a vassal.
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subjugation relationship - a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries. repression - a state of forcible subjugation; the long repression of Christian sects. oppression - the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: after years of oppression they finally revolted.
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- verbage. A variant on the word verbiage (meaning verbosity) that typically refers to written, official text. From a recipient point of view, verbage refers to the word garbage of form letters, websites, and other official correspondence that is by nature impersonal.rom a business point of view, verbage refers to the word choice, grammar, and writing style of text for public reading. Particular word choice and structure is often discussed in a committee setting before official text is published.
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- Feudatory definition, a person who holds lands by feudal tenure; a feudal vassal. See more.
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Homage (feudal) Homage (feudal) Homage in the Middle Ages was the ceremony in which a feudal tenant or vassal pledged reverence and submission to his feudal lord, receiving in exchange the symbolic title to his new position (investiture). It was a symbolic acknowledgement to the lord that the vassal was, literally, his man (homme).
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- noun. Feudalism is defined as a Medieval European political, economic and social system from the 9th to 15th century. An example of feudalism is someone farming a piece of land for a lord and agreeing to serve under the lord in war in exchange for getting to live on the land and receiving protection. Feudalism was abolished in 1836, and in 1848 complete political union with Piedmont was granted, the viceregal government being suppressed, and the island being divided into three divisions of which Cagliari, Sassari and Nuoro were the capitals. 2  Feudalism was not at any time a national institution.
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Feudalism Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour. Although derived from the Latin word feodum or feudum, then in use, the term feudalism and the system it describes were not conceived of as a formal political system by the people living in the Middle Ages. In its classic definit
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Definitions &Translations Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject, feudatory(noun) a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord. liege, liege lord(noun) a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service. Liege, Luik(adj) city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium.
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Vassal Vassal: Vassal,, in feudal society, one invested with a fief in return for services to an overlord. Some vassals did not have fiefs and lived at their lord’s court as his household knights. Certain vassals who held their fiefs directly from the crown were tenants in chief and formed the most important