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Cian at 12:56, 7 August 2009

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	Given that dukes were, in effect, second only to a [[monarch]], duchies in practice tended to be given a name attached to a prominent estate, but were made up of parcels of land spread throughout a [[realm]], so as to prevent the undue imbalancing of power between monarch and subject.		Given that dukes were, in effect, second only to a [[monarch]], duchies in practice tended to be given a name attached to a prominent estate, but were made up of parcels of land spread throughout a [[realm]], so as to prevent the undue imbalancing of power between monarch and subject.

	Again, several [[period]] duchies had broken away from their nominal superiors and were, in all effects, miniature [[kingdom]]s of their own -- an example lies in the Duchy of [[Brittany]], which for periods managed to hover between the [[France\|French]] and [[England\|English]] [[crown]]s, overtly owing allegiance to both and neither (i.e. always telling the one that their [[~~leige~~]] lay in the other crown), and functioned as an independent entity.		Again, several [[period]] duchies had broken away from their nominal superiors and were, in all effects, miniature [[kingdom]]s of their own -- an example lies in the Duchy of [[Brittany]], which for periods managed to hover between the [[France\|French]] and [[England\|English]] [[crown]]s, overtly owing allegiance to both and neither (i.e. always telling the one that their [[liege]] lay in the other crown), and functioned as an independent entity.

Cian at 12:52, 7 August 2009

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	A '''Duchy''' is ''simpliciter'' the territory under the authority of a [[Duke]].		A '''Duchy''' is ''simpliciter'' the territory under the authority of a [[Duke]].

	Given that dukes were, in effect, second only to a monarch, duchies in practice tended to be given a name attached to a prominent estate, but be made up of parcels of land throughout a realm, so as to prevent the undue imbalancing of power between monarch and subject.		Given that dukes were, in effect, second only to a [[monarch]], duchies in practice tended to be given a name attached to a prominent estate, but were made up of parcels of land spread throughout a [[realm]], so as to prevent the undue imbalancing of power between monarch and subject.

	Again, several period duchies had broken away from their nominal ~~superirors~~ and were, in all effects, miniature ~~kingdoms~~ of their own -- an example lies in the Duchy of [[Brittany]], which for periods managed to hover between the [[France\|French]] and [[England\|English]] ~~crowns~~, overtly owing allegiance to both and neither (ie.e always telling the one that their leige lay in the other crown), and functioned as an independent entity.		Again, several [[period]] duchies had broken away from their nominal superiors and were, in all effects, miniature [[kingdom]]s of their own -- an example lies in the Duchy of [[Brittany]], which for periods managed to hover between the [[France\|French]] and [[England\|English]] [[crown]]s, overtly owing allegiance to both and neither (i.e. always telling the one that their [[leige]] lay in the other crown), and functioned as an independent entity.

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A '''Duchy''' is ''simpliciter'' the territory under the authority of a [[Duke]].

Given that dukes were, in effect, second only to a monarch, duchies in practice tended to be given a name attached to a prominent estate, but be made up of parcels of land throughout a realm, so as to prevent the undue imbalancing of power between monarch and subject.

Again, several period duchies had broken away from their nominal superirors and were, in all effects, miniature kingdoms of their own -- an example lies in the Duchy of [[Brittany]], which for periods managed to hover between the [[France|French]] and [[England|English]] crowns, overtly owing allegiance to both and neither (ie.e always telling the one that their leige lay in the other crown), and functioned as an independent entity.