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In the [[feudal]] system, a '''vassal''' was one who owed [[fealty]] to a superior, whether a [[king]], a [[lord]] or simply someone higher than him or her self. |
In the [[feudal]] system, a '''vassal''' was one who owed [[fealty]] to a superior, whether a [[king]], a [[lord]] or simply someone higher than him or her self. |
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Note that the relationship is not transitive: simply because person X was a vassal to |
Note that the relationship is not transitive: simply because person X was a vassal to lord Y who was in turn the vassal of [[Baron]] Z, does not imply that X is a vassal of Z. |
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Revision as of 11:44, 25 January 2007
In the feudal system, a vassal was one who owed fealty to a superior, whether a king, a lord or simply someone higher than him or her self.
Note that the relationship is not transitive: simply because person X was a vassal to lord Y who was in turn the vassal of Baron Z, does not imply that X is a vassal of Z.
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