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Patriarchal and exploitative. Lords were supposed to look after their vassals, hence the patriarchal relationship, but at the same time, they used their vassals for resources.
Both clergy and vassals had to take oaths of loyalty and obedience, and were bound by law and custom to uphold those oaths.
Feudalism was a political system based on an agreement between two groups of nobles-- lords and vassals.
The set of unwritten rules that determines the relationship between a lord and his vassal is that the vassal must protect the lord and the lord must provide protection for the vassal. This was a rule that most vassals and lords lived by.
The vassal had to protect the lord and the people in exchange for land!
Patriarchal and exploitative. Lords were supposed to look after their vassals, hence the patriarchal relationship, but at the same time, they used their vassals for resources.
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.
Both clergy and vassals had to take oaths of loyalty and obedience, and were bound by law and custom to uphold those oaths.
Master and servant.
they were given land
An oath of loyalty and a pledge of military service
Vassals had to serve lords because the vassals promised to serve a lord in exchange for land.
a oath of loyalty and a pledge of military service.
kings had higher rank but did not really have much power over lords.
Feudalism
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.
Feudalism was a political system based on an agreement between two groups of nobles-- lords and vassals.