Definition of Overlordship. Meaning of Overlordship. Synonyms of Overlordship

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Definition of Overlordship

Overlordship
Overlordship O"ver*lord"ship, n. Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others. --J. R. Green.

Meaning of Overlordship from wikipedia

- are also sometimes known as lords, feudal lords, or chief lords. An overlordship came into existence by the process of the lord of the manor granting...
- related people, but mostly finished by the 9th century. The Frankish overlordship ended during the reign of Mislav, or his successor Trpimir I. The native...
- may have survived into Anglo-Saxon rule in Kent than in other areas. Overlordship was a central feature of Anglo-Saxon politics which began before Æthelberht's...
- of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms from the 5th century onwards who had achieved overlordship of some or all of the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. It is unclear whether...
- were forced at the same time, or very soon thereafter, to accept the overlordship of the Ilkhanids [...] Numismatic evidence thus suggest that independence...
- ****erted England's claim to the Kingdom of Ireland free from the Papal overlordship. This change did, however, also allow a policy of peaceful reconciliation...
- prince of Kiev, in an attempt to create a position of overlordship for himself. This overlordship lasted for less than two years, ending with Gleb's death...
- independence. Initially, it was ruled by a lord or ealdorman under the overlordship of Alfred the Great, who styled himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons". The...
- Eparchy (Gr****: ἐπαρχία eparchía "overlordship") is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity...
- Bellême's overlord was the king of France, but Domfront was under the overlordship of Geoffrey Martel and Duke William was Alençon's overlord. The Bellême...