Bound+by+feudal+tenure
81Davidian Revolution — Steel engraving and enhancement of the obverse side of the Great Seal of David I, portraying David in the European fashion of the other worldly maintainer of peace and defender of justice. The Davidian Revolution is a term given by many scholars… …
82benefice — /ben euh fis/, n., v., beneficed, beneficing. n. 1. a position or post granted to an ecclesiastic that guarantees a fixed amount of property or income. 2. the revenue itself. 3. the equivalent of a fief in the early Middle Ages. v.t. 4. to invest …
83fief — /feef/, n. 1. a fee or feud held of a feudal lord; a tenure of land subject to feudal obligations. 2. a territory held in fee. 3. fiefdom. [1605 15; < F, var. of OF fieu, fie, c. AF fe FEE < Gmc; cf. OHG fihu, OE feoh cattle, property; akin to L… …
84Switzerland — /swit seuhr leuhnd/, n. a republic in central Europe. 7,248,984; 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Cap.: Bern. French, Suisse. German, Schweiz. Italian, Svizzera. Latin, Helvetia. * * * Switzerland Introduction Switzerland Background: Switzerland s …
85HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
86History of socialism — The history of socialism, sometimes termed modern socialism , [Encyclopedia Australia entry on socialism] finds its origins in the French Revolution of 1789 and the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution, although it has precedents in …
87serfdom — See serf. * * * In medieval Europe, condition of a tenant farmer who was bound to a hereditary plot of land and to the will of his landlord. Serfs differed from slaves in that slaves could be bought and sold without reference to land, whereas… …
88villeinage — /vilanaj/ In feudal law, a servile kind of tenure belonging to lands or tenements, whereby the tenant was bound to do all such services as the lord commanded, or were fit for a villein to do. See villein. @ pure villeinage A base tenure, where a… …
89ARAB POPULATION — GENERAL SURVEY Under the British Mandate, 1917–48 In 1917, at the time of the British conquest of Palestine during World War I, the country s Arabic speaking population numbered less than 600,000 persons; in 1947 it was estimated at 1,200,000.… …
90Bosnia and Herzegovina — a republic in S Europe: formerly (1945 92) a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. 2,607,734; 19,909 sq. mi. (51,565 sq. km). Cap.: Sarajevo. * * * Bosnia and Herzegovina Introduction Bosnia and Herzegovina Background: Bosnia and Herzegovina s… …
