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Difference between vassal in medieval ages and fief?
A vassal was a person, and a fief was land. A vassal swore allegiance and support to a king, and the king gave the vassal fief to live on.
Is a fief is the troops of knights granted to the vassal?
It is true that a fief is the troops of knight that was granted to the vassal.
A piece of land given to vassal by a lord?
A fief.
Who usually received a vassal's fief when vassal died?
his oldest son
A vassal was given the rights to control the fief and to have ownership of it?
This is called an investiture. Investitures were common in the 11th and 12th centuries. The land the vassal was given is called a fief.
What word means the custom of giving the fief to the eldest surviving son of a vassal?
Surviving fief
Who usually received a vassals fief when the vassal died?
his oldest son
A peasant who is bound to the land is a fief?
A peasant who is bound to land is a serf, while a fief is an estate granted to a vassal.
The land a feudal lord turned over to a vassal was called a fief guild?
No, it was just a fief. A guild was an organization of tradesmen or craftsmen.
What is a pledged support in exchange for fief?
A Vassal takes a pledge of loyalty to the lord
By the 9th century the grant of land made to a vassal has became known as a?
By the 9th century, the grant of land made to a vassal became known as a fief. This fief was typically given in exchange for the vassal's loyalty and military service to the lord. The vassal would then manage and develop the land, while owing certain obligations to the lord.
Who was the viking leader who will accept the fief of Normandy as a vassal to the king of France?
King Hrolf
