 | Royal Robbins - 1838 - 728 pages
...inferior vassals, by giving to them parts of his estate, to be held on the same condition, of filllowing his standard in battle, rendering him homage as their...of their subjection, a small annual present. 3. The principle of policy upon which this singular establishment was founded, was self-protection. The new... | |
 | Royal Robbins - History - 1839 - 754 pages
...should Lt capable of being given out irt portions, and that the vassal hin>31 eelf; holding his lands of the sovereign, by the tenure of military service,...of their subjection, a small annual present 3. The principle of policy upon which this singular establishment was founded, was self-protection. The new... | |
 | Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) - 1840 - 684 pages
...giving to them portions of his estate to be held under similar charters, and on the same conditions, of following his standard in battle, rendering him homage as their lord, and paying, as the symbol of their subjection, a small annual present, either of money, or the fruits of their lands.... | |
 | Royal Robbins - History - 1846 - 726 pages
...hereditary, that it should of being given out in portions, and that the vassal himself, holding his lands of the sovereign, by the tenure of military service,...of their subjection, a small annual present. 3. The principle of policy upon which this singular establishment was founded, was self-protection. The new... | |
 | Royal Robbins - History - 1848 - 728 pages
...Merovingian kings, at length obtained independency and security of property. self, holding his lands of the sovereign, by the tenure of military service,...of their subjection, a small annual present 3. The principle of policy upon which this singular estai> lishment was founded, was self-protection. The... | |
 | Royal Robbins - History - 1849 - 732 pages
...should be capable of being given out in portions, and that the vassal himOL self, holding his lands of the sovereign, by the tenure of military service,...of their subjection, a small annual present. 3. The principle of policy upon which this singular estaulishment was founded, was self-protection. The new... | |
 | Royal Robbins - 1861 - 792 pages
...Merovingian kings, at length obtained independency and security of property. self, holding his lands or the sovereign, by the tenure of military service,...of their subjection, a small annual present. 3. The principle of policy upon which this singular establishment was founded, was self-protection. The new... | |
 | Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) - 1866 - 738 pages
...military service, should be enabled to create a train of inferior vassals, by giving to them portions of his estate to be held on the same condition, of...rendering him homage as their lord, and paying, as the symbol of their subjection, a small annual present, either of money, or the fruits of their lands.... | |
 | Alexander Fraser Tytler (lord Woodhouselee.) - World history - 1872 - 684 pages
...service, should be enabled to create a tram of inferior vassals, by giving to them portions of has estate to be held on the same condition, of following...rendering him homage as their lord, and paying, as the symbol of their subjection, a small annual present, either of money, or the fruits of their lands.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Chronology, Historical - 1873 - 256 pages
...of land as the pledge and pay of his service. These gifts were termed bencficia, or fiefs. It ivas a ;onsequence of a fief becoming hereditary, that...ancient splendour during this period. It had lost itsr African and Syrian provinces, and was plundered by the Saracens on the Eastern frontier, and ravaged... | |
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... of the sovereign, by the tenure of' military service, should be able to create a train of inferior vassals, by giving to them parts of his estate, to be held on the same condition, of following his standard in battle, rendering him homage as their... 
