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 38
to his ownseignior. On the other hand, the suzerain was bound, to respect hiscontract, not to dispossess his vassal without a legitimate motive, but toprotect him, and to render him on all occasions substantial justice. It was,moreover, to his interest to do this, for the prosperity of the fief… … Fig. Vi.—Act of Faith and Homage, with the Legend, Secretum menm mici ( My Secret is tomyself ).—Seal of Gerard de Saint-Amand, 1199, National Archives of France. of every rank, the king included, had their pairs, and all could claim theprivilege of being tried by these pairs in the presence of his…
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