The Military Organization of Norman EnglandClarendon Press, 1965 - 319 pages |
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Page 76
... vassals could do so , but a mere baron could not . If a French baron ordered his own vassals to ride with him for some purpose other than answering a general sum- mons to the host , the service that the vassals rendered would normally ...
... vassals could do so , but a mere baron could not . If a French baron ordered his own vassals to ride with him for some purpose other than answering a general sum- mons to the host , the service that the vassals rendered would normally ...
Page 84
... vassals only on peaceful missions . Stenton therefore seems to be correct in his con- clusion that equitatio or chevalchia in English documents normally implied escort service.3 But more generally it im- plied mounted service to the ...
... vassals only on peaceful missions . Stenton therefore seems to be correct in his con- clusion that equitatio or chevalchia in English documents normally implied escort service.3 But more generally it im- plied mounted service to the ...
Page 275
... vassals only through his tenants - in - chief ; the tenants - in - chief must resist the exten- sion of royal authority , and so long as they have numerous loyal vassals of their own they will have the means of resist- 1 Bloch , Société ...
... vassals only through his tenants - in - chief ; the tenants - in - chief must resist the exten- sion of royal authority , and so long as they have numerous loyal vassals of their own they will have the means of resist- 1 Bloch , Société ...
Contents
THE COMING OF NORMAN FEUDALISM | 14 |
THE KNights fee | 43 |
THE KINGS FEUDAL ARMY | 72 |
Copyright | |
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abbey abbot Anglo Anglo-Norman arrière-ban assessed baronial Bayeux bishop campaign Cartae carucates castle guard charter chevauchée Chron Chronicle commutation D. C. Douglas danegeld Danelaw Descriptio Domesday Book duke duty Earl enfeoffments England English feudalism Englishmen estates Evesham evidence exercitu feudal army feudal host feudal military fief Fitz five hides five-hide unit force forty days Frank Stenton Guilhiermoz H.F. xxiii Henry II hidage Hollister honour host service ibid infantry Inquest J. H. Round king's knight service knight's fee land later lord Medieval mercenaries military obligation military service milites militum monarchy Norman Conquest Norman feudalism Norman kings Normandy Old English Ordericus owed Peterborough Pipe Roll post-Conquest pre-Conquest quotas Regis Robert Robert Curthose Round royal scutage scutage rate select fyrd sergeants serve service term servicium debitum sokemen Stenton sub-feudal summoned tenants-in-chief tenure thegn tion twelfth century vassals vols wages warriors William of Malmesbury William the Conqueror Worcester