Vassal

them after a series of invasions left them unable to depend on their respective king’s army. Although the feudal system may have been effective, at times it could become excessively complex, as vassals, those who accepted fiefs from lords, could be in the service of multiple lords at once; not only could vassals…

the Simple and Rollo (a viking leader) around the 12th century. The main idea of Feudalism is that a piece of land owned by the king would be distributed to lords who would then distribute that land to vassals for a promise of loyalty. A “lord” is a person that distributes land to a “vassal”. A vassal is a person who receives land from a lord. These pieces of land were called “fiefs”. And this system would go on and on all the way down the medieval hierarchy from kings to peasants. In the feudal…

Roland and Tristan are considered to be the perfect examples of a good vassal but their definition of loyalty and how they express it is completely different. Feudalism was used by kings in order to loan out their kingdoms when they became too large to control on their own. This loan created lords who then figured out that they could not control their countries on their own so they loaned out property to their vassal. This created the term, feudalization of love. Two characters were introduced…

An important era that occurred in Europe that went from 500 to 1400 B.C.E. was known as the Middle Ages. The fall of Rome and the events that followed have been known to have multiple labels because of the different phases the era went through. The eras that best describe the Middle Ages would be The Dark Ages, the Age of Feudalism, and the Age of Faith. The Dark Ages was a time of sorrow and disgrace for the people. Barbarians attacked the towns, raped and killed people and after all this…

There were many oaths that Lords, serfs, and every other social class were required to take when admitting or gaining admittance within or into a manor. The main oaths were between a lord and his vassal and they were strongly based off of the fealty of the person. This is the oath between a lord and his serf, "You have been willing to allow me to to hand myself over or commend myself to your protection. this I have done on these conditions:you are to aid and support me with food and…

their own justice, minted their own money, levied taxes and tolls, and demanded military service from vassals. Feudalism in short was a relationship of obligation and mutual service between vassals and lords. A vassal held his land, or fief, as a grant from the lord. So in return for the land a vassal was required to attend to the lord, help administer justice, and contribute money if needed. The vassal must answer to summons to battle…

Lope de Aguirre, a Spanish conquistador of the Basque region of Spain, wrote what is known as the “Letter to King Philip of Spain.” It was a letter written in July 1561 in Spanish America to King Philip (presumably private because it was addressed to the King himself from Aguirre.) At this time historically Lope de Aguirre had joined the expedition in search of El Dorado. Pedro de Ursúa had accompanied him on this voyage to the city of gold. However, not even a year after, Aguirre assisted in…

Feudalism was the social structure in the Middle Ages. The exact definition of feudalism is “the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection (Google).” I will be discussing the “pyramid…

elementary schools. These three years here at vassal lane have brought us together to become one while at the same time allowed us sparkle and become our own wonderful individuals. We’ve become the vassal lane students of ‘16. We’ve become a whole new cohort, a cohort that is one for all and all for one. A cohort that isn’t adamant to prove their school was the best. We have grown into a group that wants to prove that our school is the best, to prove that Vassal Lane is the best and we are a…

The manorial system was a mutual relationship that affected the manor lord and the tenants; however, it was far more beneficial to the manor lord and only offered a few perks for the serfs and levies. The manorial system was very widespread and as feudalism was declining in all the western countries the classic manorial system was also evolving; yet, as the west was in decline the eastern countries began adopting a similar form of feudalism as a result manorialism was also increasing in a semi…