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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.

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Which term best describes the land that was given to a knight for his service?

The term that best describes the land given to a knight for his service is "fief." In the feudal system, a fief was granted by a lord to a vassal (in this case, a knight) in exchange for military service and loyalty. This arrangement was fundamental to the social and economic structure of medieval Europe.


What would the vassals give to the the lord in exchange for land?

fief or feoff


A piece of land given to vassal by a lord?

A fief.


Can land be given by the church as a fief?

no it can not fore a fief is the way that a vassel makes money


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.


What word means the custom of giving the fief to the eldest surviving son of a vassal?

Surviving fief


How do you put fief in a sentence?

The word fief is descended from the old Anglo-French meaning fee or something that is owed. All who lived in a fiefdom owed duty to the fief holder in the form of taxes and service. There are now two sentences above, each using the word fief.


What words rhyme with F and deal with the word fief?

Fief is not a word in English. Perhaps you mean "fife"?


How does a vassal get his fief?

Vassals agree to fight for the lord, and after an agreement is made the vassal is given a fief in the agreement.


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 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.