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    of fealty, from the Latin fidelitas (faithfulness), is a pledge of allegiance of one person to another. In medieval Europe, the swearing of fealty took...
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    two elements, one to perform the act of homage and the other an oath of fealty. In some countries, such as the Kingdom of Sicily, the commendation ceremony...
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  • Slugger O'Toole (redirect from Mick Fealty)
    Slugger O'Toole is a weblog started in June 2002 by political analyst Mick Fealty. It began life as Letter to Slugger O'Toole, focused primarily on news and...
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    1279–1298). However, it was mostly a network of local lords who swore fealty to Sukhothai, not directly controlled by it.: 55–6  He is believed have...
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    meaning was then applied to land itself, in which land was used to pay for fealty, such as to a vassal. Thus the old word feos meaning movable property would...
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    applied to similar arrangements in other feudal societies. In contrast, fealty (fidelitas) was sworn, unconditional loyalty to a monarch. In fully developed...
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  • Oath of Fealty is a 1981 novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, published originally by Phantasia Press, then by Timescape Books, with...
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    The Kingdom of Brittany (Breton: Rouantelezh Breizh) was a short-lived vassal-state of the Frankish Empire that emerged during the Norse invasions. Its...
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    ruler ef Kabul, who was practically independent, although supposed to owe fealty to the emperor of India. Per Tabakat-i-Akbari of Nizamuddin Ahmad, Mughal...
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    Look up liege, homage, or fealty in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Homage (/oʊˈmɑːʒ/) (from Medieval Latin hominaticum, lit. "pertaining to a man") in...
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    swearing of fealty. The word fealty derives from the Latin fidelitas and denotes the fidelity owed by a vassal to his feudal lord. Fealty also refers...
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    or heavy chain, usually of gold, worn as insignia of office or a mark of fealty or other association in Europe from the Middle Ages onwards. One of the...
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    enfeoffment become his tenant by paying homage and fealty to his new overlord. This homage and fealty was a vow of loyalty to his overlord, with corresponding...
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    Diplomat's Weltanschauung. p. 129. Cohen, Roger (24 December 2022). "Putin Wants Fealty, and He's Found It in Africa". The New York Times. Archived from the original...
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  • Publishing. "Is Heathers too shocking for 2018?". BBC. Retrieved January 29, 2020. Today I pledged my fealty to the Queen and country. Lisanne Falk at IMDb...
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    Juan Vélaz de Medrano y Echauz (15th century –16th century) was a prominent high ranking noble and military leader in the final years of an independent...
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    Owain Gwynedd's grandson Llywelyn Fawr (the Great, 1173–1240), received the fealty of other Welsh lords in 1216 at the council at Aberdyfi, becoming in effect...
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  • Alpha werewolves themselves after killing their Alpha together. Out of fealty, and perhaps fear, they joined Deucalion's Alpha pack. Enrolling at Beacon...
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    inspirational throttle. But no, he has made a true docudrama, maintaining fealty to the tiniest facts. Brown, Joe (June 30, 1995). "Apollo 13". The Washington...
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  • office of, or territory held by a baron Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron Barony (county division), a type of administrative or...
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    Allodial title Appanage Vassal Feoffment Seignory Subinfeudation Feoffee Fealty Homage Affinity Feudal maintenance Feudal fragmentation Bastard feudalism...
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    finally legitimized when Rollo, a Scandinavian Viking leader, agreed to swear fealty to King Charles III of West Francia following the siege of Chartres in 911...
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    oath to the Emperor on all citizens, and required the pope–elect to swear fealty before he could be consecrated. Under Sergius II (844–7) it was even agreed...
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    convened a council in January 1035 and had the assembled Norman magnates swear fealty to William as his heir before leaving for Jerusalem. He died in early July...
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    their oaths of fealty to the king. Stephen agreed that, given the situation, he was prepared to release his subjects from their oath of fealty to him. The...
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  • defeated by the army of Capelianus, the governor of Numidia, who claimed fealty to Maximinus. Gordian II was killed. Gordian I committed suicide. 22 April...
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    original meaning regarded duty in a broader sense than the related concept of fealty. Both derive from the Latin word fidēlis, meaning "faithful or loyal". In...
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  • Addam of Hull, who is now Seasmoke's rider. Addam kneels and pledges his fealty to Rhaenyra. When asked about his parentage, Addam withholds telling her...
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    scores by speculating that respondents put more weight towards a president's fealty towards political and institutional norms. The first version of this poll...
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  • service to Lord Darlington, who may not have been worthy of his unquestioning fealty. Stevens even expresses some of these sentiments in casual conversation...
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