Definition of Liegemen. Meaning of Liegemen. Synonyms of Liegemen

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Definition of Liegemen

Liegemen
Liegeman Liege"man (-man), n.; pl. Liegemen (-men). Same as Liege, n., 2. --Chaucer. Spenser.

Meaning of Liegemen from wikipedia

- A v****al or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe...
- standing, that fair-wrought stone beside the Dniepr, half the armor owned by Heidrek, land and liegemen and lustrous rings! —(Tolkien 1960, (82) pp.48–9)...
- Brynjolf was either one of the three liegemen bearing the large tableboard with the king's robes or one of the five liegemen with swords drawn. In 1253, he...
- negotiations would take place to specify the obligations and the benefits of the liegemen. The phrase earth and water, even in modern Gr****, symbolizes unconditional...
- authority. As a result, Robert III's brothers refused to act simply as liegemen to the king. Robert III, already weakened by the council when he ascended...
- Myrkviðr, the grave, the carved stone beside Dniepr, Heidrek's armour, lands, liegemen and rings. Angantyr refused to share with Hlöd and said that he had no...
- officers of the royal government. In 1235 he is included in the list of Liegemen who were with the king during the conflict escalation with Skule Bårdsson...
- Bårdsson's sister and the first abbess of Rein Abbey. In 1222 he was one of the liegemen present at a meeting which the king held. He accompanied Skule on his voyage...
- partially quoting Mackey, Jurisprudence, 509. "2nd – You shall be true liegemen to the King of England without any treason or falsehood, and if you know...
- could not cede frontier castles "without the counsel and consent of his liegemen". To legalize the transfer of the three castles, William's wife convoked...