A territorial lord (German: Landesherr) was a ruler in the period beginning with the Early Middle Ages who, stemming from his status as being immediate...
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Powerful feudal territorial lord in pre-modern Japan...
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A lord paramount is a term of art in feudal law describing an overlord who holds his own fief from no superior lord. It thus describes a person who holds...
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choice to become its territorial lord. Because of the size of his domain, he is accepted into the Abh aristocracy as a great lord and conferred with the...
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During homage, the lord and vassal entered into a contract in which the vassal promised to fight for the lord at his command, whilst the lord agreed to protect...
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Lord of the manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England and Norman England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The titles date to the English...
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direct authority of the emperor or king, or of a territorial imperial state—a prince-bishop or territorial lord. The responsibilities were administrative, military...
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A mesne lord (/miːn/) was a lord in the feudal system who had vassals who held land from him, but who was himself the vassal of a higher lord. Owing to...
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to imply the rank of Esquire. Lairds with a territorial designation recognised by the Court of the Lord Lyon would not use the post nominal letters of...
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before) as a "medieval term for 'tenant slightly below a baron.'" Feu Mesne lord One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication...
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