Richard and John - Society and feudal hierarchy: Key Concepts
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- Society and feudal hierarchy: KEY CONCEPTS
- KNIGHTS SERVICE
- agreement
- tenant promised to provide a number of knights to his Lord
- in return for land
- tenants-in-chief held land from King
- by knights service
- had to provide knights for King's army
- by knights service
- three main duties:
- serve in King's army
- at least two months
- perform service guarding Lord's castle
- up to 40 days
- help raise ransom money if Lord gets captured
- serve in King's army
- LABOUR SERVICE
- owed by unfree tenant to his Lord
- involved...
- agricultural labour to Lord
- often on weekly basis
- agricultural labour to Lord
- MILITARY SERVICE
- tenant-in-chief provided knights when a King raised an army
- some barons could pay money to the King instead of providing knights
- scutage
- 'shield money'
- fixed rate
- according to number of fiefs held by tenant-in-chief
- more land held = more money paid
- fixed rate
- according to number of fiefs held by tenant-in-chief
- more land held = more money paid
- more land held = more money paid
- according to number of fiefs held by tenant-in-chief
- fixed rate
- more land held = more money paid
- according to number of fiefs held by tenant-in-chief
- scutage
- HOMAGE
- ceremony
- bod of loyalty
- new tenant swore loyalty to tenant-in-chief
- ceremony
- KNIGHTS SERVICE
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