- 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...
-
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...
-
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...
- 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)...
- of the
feudal system decline,
because instead of v****als (V****allen),
liegemen (Dienstmannen) - well-educated men (c.f. the
development of the university...
-
Jerusalem on
behalf of the
regent Henry of Cyprus, John
called a
council of
liegemen in the
palace of his relatives, the
lords of Beirut, in Acre.
There he...
-
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...
- in 986,
after getting off course. Herjólfr was one of Eiríkur rauði's
liegemen, who left
Iceland with 25
Viking ships in 985 to
settle Greenland. Of these...
-
noble John earl of Warenne". They
appealed that "the king
would allow his
liegemen to
remain there under his protection". A copy of this
letter survived in...
