HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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Land given to a vassal
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Ruler of a kingdom
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The name of the Pope’s home
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Noble’s code of law
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Detailed explanation-1: -A fief (/fiːf/; Latin: feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or “in fee” in return for a form of feudal allegiance, services, and/or payments.
Detailed explanation-2: -A lord was in broad terms a noble who held land, a vassal was a person who was granted possession of the land by the lord, and a fief was what the land was known as. In exchange for the use of the fief and the protection of the lord, the vassal would provide some sort of service to the lord.
Detailed explanation-3: -noun. a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations. a territory held in fee. fiefdom.