HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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serf
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freeman
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vassal
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knight
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Detailed explanation-1: -A vassal was a low-ranking noble who served a lord. The lord rewarded him with land. The land given to a vassal was called a fief . Many vassals were knights, or warriors in armor who fought on horseback.
Detailed explanation-2: -Land given to a knight for service was called a fief. Anyone accepting a fief was called a vassal. The person from whom he accepted the fief was his lord.
Detailed explanation-3: -knights Warriors who fought on horseback. vassals A knight who promised to support & to be loyal to a lord in exchange for land.
Detailed explanation-4: -Often, a knight was a vassal who served as an elite fighter or a bodyguard for a lord, with payment in the form of land holdings. The lords trusted the knights, who were skilled in battle on horseback.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the feudal system, a vassal was someone who owned a piece of land and owed allegiance to a feudal lord. Knights were often vassals to a feudal lord, such as a baron or count. One of the rare examples of a king being a vassal occurred in England after 1066.