Re: [Mid] Can't think of a word - help!

With regards, Baroness Gwynnyd;

  According to H. W. Kock in "Medieval Warfare" the term for compensation
and/or a knight was "fee." Land was held "en fief," or "for service." ['England
and the Fuedal Military System,' pg. 58-75].

  There are many terms regarding fealty and the interactions thereof for
various time periods. From "The Middle Ages 395-1500," by Joseph R. Strayer, Henry
Charles Lea, Professor of History, Princeton University and Dana Carleton
Munro, Late Dodge Professor of Melieval History, Princeton University; "Vassal"
was used to identify those in fealty to the current monarch. "Vassalage" was a
term in contemporary manuscripts for the French and English. "Comitatus" was
still in use in Germany. This term harkened back to the Roman origins for a "wa
r-band." [pages 112 - 116, previously noted text].

  A knight was worth a certain number of "hides." "Hides" were a value system
used during the Anglo-Saxon period of England. Payment for service, if a
knight could not be mustered from a location was based upon the current value of
the "hides" for a specific group of individuals working the land in a specific
area. Worth of land was carefully looked into after 1066 A.D. ["1066 The Year
of the Conquest," by David Howarth - pg. 17, 18].

  A very good reference for medieval economics is the three volume set by
Fernand Braudel: "Civilization and Capitalism" It is targeted to cover the 15th
to the 18th centuries, but it really spans all of medieval history in terms of
commerce and economic systems. It addresses the feudal system very well and
discusses all the terms from various locations that were used to indicate
allegiance.

In Service,
Lord Robert

In a message dated 9/30/2003 1:45:47 PM Central Daylight Time,
guyofstockley@yahoo.com writes:

> >I'm having a serious brain glitch. Please help me
> >figure out what
> >words I need.
> >
> >In the feudal system, you were given land in
> >exchange for fealty and
> >service. Your term of service usually ran a certain
> >number of days a
> >year. That is, you swore to bring yourself, or at a
> >higher level,
> >three knights and 50 bowmen to the king's service
> >for 40 days a year,
> >or some such. Later, you could exchange this
> >service for a fee called
> >scutage, which was cash in lieu of days served. OK,
> >what's the word
> >for the "service"? You owed <what> to your lord.
> >Or you were serving
> >the period of <what>. or "He paid the scutage
> >instead of <what>."
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Gwynnyd
> >
> >
> >Baroness Gwynnyd
> >
> >aka Carol Lynn
> >gwynnyd@di.org
> >
> >From: Carol Lynn <expotech@comcast.net>

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