The knights were originally the heavy cavalry. The word knight came to be a title, usually given by a monarch, and was regarded as the lowest level of the nobility. A vassal was a person who had a relationship of mutual obligation with a lord. The vassal sword loyalty and obedience, and the lord granted land and protection in exchange. A vassal could be a knight, and a knight could be a vassal, but there was nothing saying they had to be.
It goes:KingDuke/EarlCountMarquess (border areas)Barons-------------------nobility^KnightsPeasants/Mercenaries/SerfsIf you are below someone, then you are a vassal. Even a king can be a vassal. William I was king of England, but also a vassal to the king of France.
It is a celebration when the Vassal take oath to his king.
Peasant
A vassal was a person in a state of mutual obligation with a king, which usually gave the vassal an estate, including manors. A serf was a person in a state of mutual obligation with the lord of a manor. As such the serf was possibly a person who worked on the estate of a vassal. Please see the links below.
A vassal is a serf or peon. Here are some sentences.He was only the vassal of the lord of the manor.You're not the ruler; you're the vassal.She treated me like her vassal.
A papal vassal is an English Document
The plural of vassal is vassals. As in "our vassals have sent us gifts of silk".
A vassal was a person, and a fief was land. A vassal swore allegiance and support to a king, and the king gave the vassal fief to live on.
Vassal Benford was born in 1967.
VASSAL Engine was created in 2003.
it is a vassal
The oath of a Vassal is known as an homage.The Vassal has sworn to serve another regent of a domain providing them with protection and justice.
his oldest son
Vassal Gadoengin was born on May 1, 1943.
Vassal Gadoengin was born on May 1, 1943.
a vassal owed aleigance to his lord