Definition of Vassalage. Meaning of Vassalage. Synonyms of Vassalage

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Definition of Vassalage

Vassalage
Vassalage Vas"sal*age, n. [OE. vassalage, F. vasselage, LL. vassallaticum.] 1. The state of being a vassal, or feudatory. 2. Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks. 3. A territory held in vassalage. ``The Countship of Foix, with six territorial vassalages.' --Milman. 4. Vassals, collectively; vassalry. [R.] --Shak. 5. Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal; valor; prowess; courage. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Meaning of Vassalage from wikipedia

- called a suzerain. The rights and obligations of a v****al are called v****alage, while the rights and obligations of a suzerain are called suzerainty...
- ties to the shugo lords in the form of v****alage as the shugo could provide some form of local security. V****alage ties between the shugo lord and kokujin...
- dynasty in northwestern China. Hoping to both to plunder and acquire v****alage, Genghis Khan commanded some initial raids against the Western Xia before...
- Niqmaddu II was the second ruler and king of Ugarit, an ancient Syrian city-state in northwestern Syria (c. 1350–1315 BC) and succeeding his father, Ammittamru...
- Nubia, where he died two years later. Lower Egypt came under ****yrian v****alage but proved unruly, unsuccessfully rebelling against the ****yrians. Then...
- city-states under the rule of Byzantium. Croatia experienced periods of v****alage to the Franks or to the Byzantines and of de facto independence until...
- with the capture of the capital in 1570.: 146–7  Then a brief period of v****alage to Burma until Naresuan proclaimed independence in 1584 followed.: 11 ...
- declaring the independence of a nation, thus turning the legal bond of v****alage into one of citizenship as a component of sovereignty and, in addition...
- Dhimitër Jonima (? – 1409) was an Albanian nobleman from the Jonima family. He initially resisted the Ottomans - namely at the Battle of Kosovo - before...
- After subjugating Shimazu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi finalized Tanegashima's v****alage to Shimazu. In 1595, the Tanegashima clan was moved from its medieval...