What best describes a fief?

Answer 1

A fief is something real or tangible given for loyalty by a person of higher rank or status to someone to retain loyalty. It was usually a plot of land, and it might be accompanied by a title, rank or position.

Answer 2

Fiefs are similar to lords. They preside of fiefdoms. They are from medieval times and were central to feudalism.

Answer 3

A fief was a parcel of land held by a serf. It was given to him by his overlord, and the serf was required to work it and give him a share of his crops every year.

Answer 4

A fiefdom is the estate controlled by a feudal lord or fief, or, by extension, any organization in the control of a single, dominant individual.

Answer 5

a fief is a grant of land given in the Middle Ages to peasants for a promise to serve in the military in return

Answer 6

Land granted during the Middle Ages

Answer 7

the estate that was granted to the vassal