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A vassal was a person who had gone into a mutual obligation with a monarch or feudal lord. The monarch or lord got the vassal's allegiance and homage. In exchange the vassal got land and protection. This was essentially an agreement of mutual support, and was very important from a military perspective.
The with the evolution of the Middle Ages, the vassals were divided between a higher group, whose titles and lands became inherited estates, and a lower group, whose holdings were not inherited. The higher group became the titled nobility, and the lower, which was more numerous, remained as vassal knights. These people were required to maintain groups of trained fighting men who could be mustered in times of conflict. The greater members of the nobility had the equivalent of small armies. A simple knight might have only himself and a few followers and servants.
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Lord is to vassal as serf is to?
Peasant
A piece of land given to vassal by a lord?
A fief.
What was the difference between a knight and a vassal?
The knights were originally the heavy cavalry. The word knight came to be a title, usually given by a monarch, and was regarded as the lowest level of the nobility. A vassal was a person who had a relationship of mutual obligation with a lord. The vassal sword loyalty and obedience, and the lord granted land and protection in exchange. A vassal could be a knight, and a knight could be a vassal, but there was nothing saying they had to be.
How is a vassal different from a serf?
A vassal was a person in a state of mutual obligation with a king, which usually gave the vassal an estate, including manors. A serf was a person in a state of mutual obligation with the lord of a manor. As such the serf was possibly a person who worked on the estate of a vassal. Please see the links below.
Where would you find a vassal?
A vassal is a person who has been granted land by a lord in exchange for a vow of loyalty. Vassals were expected to provide military service to their lord and to support their lord's political interests. Vassals were also required to attend their lord's court and to participate in his or her feudal obligations.
Explain the relationship between the lord and vassal?
a vassal owed aleigance to his lord
Explaine the Relationship between a lord and a vassal?
a vassal owed aleigance to his lord
What was the relationship between the lord and?
The lord gave land to the vassal, the vassal promised his loyalty and service.
A man who served a lord in military capacity?
it is a vassal
What was a set of unwritten rules that determined the relationship between a lord and his vassal?
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.
What were the duties and rights of the lord vassal to each other?
Wahat were the duties and rights of the lord vassal to each other?
What did the vassal give to the lord?
In the feudal system the vassal gives loyalty, labor, and sometimes taxes or a portion of his harvest to his lord.
What was the loyalty of a vassal to his lord?
It was called the feudal system, a knight would promise the lord loyalty and protection in return for land which would make the knight a vassal. The vassal and his family now fought for the lord and they were always loyal.
Lord is to vassal as serf is to?
Peasant
What were the taxes paid by a vassal to a lord?
no they did not
Receives land from a lord?
A Vassal receives land from a lord
What are some examples of feudalism?
Feudalism is a bargain between a lord and his vassal. Feudalism is the bargain between a lord and his vassal.
