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inmedievalEurope, a man whoagreedtofightfor akingorlord(=richandpowerfullandowner)whenneeded, inexchangeforlandtoliveon （中世纪）封臣(alsovassal state)acountrythat iscontrolledby a morepowerfulcountry, and has toprovidemilitarysupportorpaymoneyto it whenneeded 附庸国 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesMiddle Ages (medieval Period) 501-1500 - alchemy
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See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Soldiers & people who fight in wars People who serve other people vassal| American Dictionaryworld historyapersonin theMiddleAgeswhopromisesto beloyalto alord(= a man of highsocialrank)who willprotecthim or her Examplesofvassalvassal He had to hold court, dispense justice, reward faithful vassals, punish or take the field against enemies, and settle claims between contesting parties.From theCambridge English Corpus Technically, this term refers to the process of reducing individuals to the status of vassals.From theCambridge English Corpus The stability of feudal society had always depended upon a relationship of trust between lords and vassals.From theCambridge English Corpus He dispensed justice in the name of the chapter, was responsible for the surveillance of the precinct, represented the chapter and received homage from vassals.From theCambridge English Corpus The feudal king was primus inter pares among his vassals, yet he was always much more.From theCambridge English Corpus The need for money made the lord increasingly concerned to turn the fiefs of his vassals to his own financial advantage when he could.From theCambridge English Corpus The capability of the vassals to fight and rebel provides an incentive for rulers to respect their rights.From theCambridge English Corpus Obviously, as we have seen in other monasteries, the abbot could thus create his own separate endowment with the surplus and even grant property in benefice to ministerials or vassals.From theCambridge English Corpus Then the rest of the year was covered, a month at a time, by each of seven vassals, in return for the fiefs they held of the count.From theCambridge English Corpus On the other hand, with the expansion of feudal ties, there was a growing expectation that any lord ought to resolve the disputes among his own vassals.From theCambridge English Corpus The enfeoffed knight, belonging to several bands of vassals, protected by each of his patrons against all the others, was virtually free of the strictest of military and judicial obligations.From theCambridge English Corpus Because of this principle of local distribution, the dominion of the crown vassals could not consolidate themselves into great sovereign courts as they could on the continent.From theCambridge English Corpus Medieval law was indeed profoundly conservative, and most medieval vassals took it for granted that the right of resistance was a law which could not be abrogated.From theCambridge English Corpus In the 1630s, the kabuki-mono subculture spread among shogunal vassals and chonin.From theCambridge English Corpus His vassals were therefore granted considerable autonomy over their own land and people, enjoyed more independence, and conducted their household succession as best benefited their ie.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |