HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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Which of the following best describes a fief?
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the oath of loyalty sworn to the monarch
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the estate that was granted to the vassal
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the income raised by the peasants
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the peasants who worked the farm land
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -fiefs: Heritable property or rights granted by an overlord to a vassal. homage: In the Middle Ages this was the ceremony in which a feudal tenant or vassal pledged reverence and submission to his feudal lord, receiving in exchange the symbolic title to his new position.
Detailed explanation-2: -Fief, fee, or feud-Land or revenue-producing property granted by a lord in return for a vassal’s service.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
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