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Feudalism
Feudalism is simply the exchange of land (fief), between the nobles (lords) and the knights (vassals) for military protection.
a oath of loyalty and a pledge of military service.
They were given the rights to buy and sell property, freedom from military service to the lords, a written law that guaranteed the freedom of the townspeople, and the right for an escaped to become free after living a year and a day in the town.
Vassals had to serve lords because the vassals promised to serve a lord in exchange for land.
Knights typically served under lords as vassals, swearing loyalty in exchange for land and protection. Lords provided knights with a place to live, resources, and support in exchange for military service and loyalty. This relationship was based on feudal obligations and mutual benefit, reinforcing the hierarchy of the feudal system.
Vassals served lords in exchange for protection and land rights. In the feudal system, vassals pledged loyalty and military service to their lords in return for the lord's support and the ability to use and cultivate land on the lord's estate.
Feudal Lords were the ones who swore loyalty in exchange for land. They controlled all of the land.
Lords ruled pieces of land given to them by kings in exchange for promises of support.
Feudalism
Short Answer: Lords. Long Answer: Kings would give lords land in exchange for something (usually military assistance). The lords would then give some of this land to knights, who would provide the lord with military service. If the knight had enough land, he could give land to other knights in exchange for military service, and thereby the first knight would own his own fief.
The lords sought income, in the forms of labor, crops, or rent, from their land. In exchange, they provided the serfs with a place to live, fields to farm, and protection, and they gave their own liege lords loyalty and military support.
Land, a lot of land. (In relative terms)
Chivalry governed relations between military and lords. Knights were granted land by the kings. In exchange, knights are expected to fight bravely for the king.
The lords gave vassals land in exchange for military and other services
Vassals and their lords were in a system of mutual support. The vassals owed military support, oaths of loyalty, and oats of obedience. The lords provided guarantees of land, a place to live, and military protection.
what is the lords main duty to the pledged loyalty to him