The lords promised to give their vassals protection
and fiefs, or estates.
Vassals were people who had entered into a feudal contract with their lords. As part of the feudal contract, each was required to protect the other. Usually, this meant the vassal gave military support to the lord, but the lord was obliged to support the vassal in the event that the vassal was attacked. In exchange for military support, the vassal got a fiefdom or land grant, which was an estate from which he could get an income.
the services the vassals had to offer his lord were to expect to live up to the bargain, (feudal contract). If they followed this rule there would be peace maintained. Vassals could get tittled to land by purchase, marriage, or a gift from lord by service in war.
The agreement that served as the basis for feudalism was the feudal contract. This contract was a mutually beneficial agreement between a lord and a vassal. The lord granted land and protection to the vassal, who in return provided military service and other forms of support to the lord.
If a lord acted in the service of a king, the lord was considered a vassal of the king. ...Military men, or knights, began to receive land, along with peasants for farmwork. ...Alord also enjoyed incidental benefits and rights in connection with a fief.
because the treaties could have been broken
Vassals were people who had entered into a feudal contract with their lords. As part of the feudal contract, each was required to protect the other. Usually, this meant the vassal gave military support to the lord, but the lord was obliged to support the vassal in the event that the vassal was attacked. In exchange for military support, the vassal got a fiefdom or land grant, which was an estate from which he could get an income.
the services the vassals had to offer his lord were to expect to live up to the bargain, (feudal contract). If they followed this rule there would be peace maintained. Vassals could get tittled to land by purchase, marriage, or a gift from lord by service in war.
Vassalage is the relationship between the feudal lord and his vassal. Kings had higher lords as vassals, and higher lords had lower lords as vassals. The practice was called subinfeudation.
Vassals served lords in exchange for protection and land rights. In the feudal system, vassals pledged loyalty and military service to their lords in return for the lord's support and the ability to use and cultivate land on the lord's estate.
The agreement that served as the basis for feudalism was the feudal contract. This contract was a mutually beneficial agreement between a lord and a vassal. The lord granted land and protection to the vassal, who in return provided military service and other forms of support to the lord.
If a lord acted in the service of a king, the lord was considered a vassal of the king. ...Military men, or knights, began to receive land, along with peasants for farmwork. ...Alord also enjoyed incidental benefits and rights in connection with a fief.
Lord granted fief to a vassal for military protection and other goods. :)
The serfs were near the bottom of the food chain in the Feudal System.The vassals either served the King , or a local Lord. Some people who chose to remain free risked starvation and no protection from marauders if they rejected serfdom.
A liege is a feudal lord or monarch to whom allegiance and loyalty are owed by vassals or subjects. It can also refer to a superior to whom one owes loyalty or service.
because the treaties could have been broken
the lords role in society is to give out pieces of land they own to vassals (knights) who return the lord protection and service for that land
Vassals could receive more land from the lord and if they were rich enough, vassals could become a lord to other vassals. Feudalism could become confusing.