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- From: Tim@f4229.n124.z1.fidonet.org (Tim)
- Sender: FredGate@ocitor.fidonet
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- Subject: Re: On Fealty
- Message-ID: <725446268.F00002@ocitor.fidonet>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 22:10:35
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- Aryk wrote:
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- AN> Joe Bethancourt's essay on fealty brought a question to mind:
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- AN> In the early part of your essay, you described historical vassals swearing
- AN> fealty to the Crown.
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- AN> Is that indeed the case, or was the oath of fealty to a king generally
- AN> considered to be to the king personally in his capacity as sovereign?
-
- Subjects owed a general duty (which we now term "allegiance", which is
- roughly correct) to the king as sovereign. Those holding lands (and,
- eventually, other dignities) in feudal tenure owed him fealty because
- he was their lord.
-
- AN> Where's Hossein, anyway?
-
- Probably enjoying a well-deserved holiday. Haj Hossein is in the process
- of preparing for publication a general survey of feudal tenure that
- will take into account all of the advances in relevant scholarship
- since the last such were published (approximately thirty years and more
- ago). I await its appearance with great expectations.
-
- Tadhg, Obelisk
-
- * Origin: Herald's Point * Steppes/Ansteorra * 214-699-0057 (1:124/4229)
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