Medieval Glossary

Fief-rente

Military service in exchange for an annual, fixed payment from the lord. This practice arose in the fourteenth century and was sometimes called a 'money fief.' The overall system incorporating this practice was sometimes called bastard feudalism.

Related term(s): Feudalism; Bastard Feudalism; Lord; Money Fief; Feudal Obligation
Category: Feudalism
Added: 01.01.05
Source information: Wise, Terrence. Medieval Warfare. New York: Hastings House Publishers, Inc., 1976. 6.

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