Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 37
ions that the vassal was incompetent to undertake. These gave riseto new rights, and became a fresh source of revenue to the seignior. Forinstance, the seignior was entitled—first, to the right of relief, a sum ofmoney payable by every person of full age who succeeded to the possessionof a fief,… … Fig. 12.—Act of Faith and Homage, Thirteenth Century.—Seal representing Eaimond de Mont-Dragon kneeling before the Archbishop of Aries, his Suzerain, in the National Archives ofFrance. of confiscation, in accordance with which the fief reverted to the suzerainwhen the vassal died without leaving an…
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