Vassals

In medieval Europe, a lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord.

Local lords divided their landholdings among lesser lords. In exchange, these lesser lords, or vassals, pledged the service and loyalty to the greater lord. Lords had vassals, and these vassals in turn had their own vassals. In many cases, vassals had fiefs from more than one lord.

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Vassal (pledging loyalty)