A Fief Is

question 47

Multiple Choice

A fief is

• A)a style of armor developed around 1000 A.D.to protect knights.
• B)a tax paid by serfs to their lords on the marriage of their eldest daughter.
• C)land or money offered by families to attract a suitable husband for a daughter.
• D)a lord's concession of land to a vassal, which imposed obligations upon both.
• E)a form of heroic epic, best seen in The Song of Roland.

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