HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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He received loyalty and military service.
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He collected fees from tournaments.
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He provided protection and money.
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He encouraged better farming methods.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under the feudal contract, the lord had the duty to provide the fief for his vassal, to protect him, and to do him justice in his court. In return, the lord had the right to demand the services attached to the fief (military, judicial, administrative) and a right to various “incomes” known as feudal incidents.
Detailed explanation-2: -fief, in European feudal society, a vassal’s source of income, held from his lord in exchange for services. The fief constituted the central institution of feudal society.
Detailed explanation-3: -A vassal showed his loyalty by serving in his lord’s army. In return for the vassal’s military service, a lord granted his vassal land and permission to rule the people who lived on it.
Detailed explanation-4: -Fiefs were used as a source of income for vassals, who were the subordinates of high-ranking lords or nobles within society, or the king himself. Vassals are sometimes also referred to as lieges. In exchange for their services, most often serving as a knight to the lord, vassals were granted a fief.
Detailed explanation-5: -Where there was little trade and wealth was based primarily on land, land was the most important gift a lord could give to a vassal.