STATES AND LAW TO C. 1215
HEXAGON (+
France in modern shape on Map) FRANCIA
FIDELITAS/FIDELES Loyalty oath, which
books often call "feudal" fealty - "Fideles" are faithful retainers
CAPETIANS (French kings from 987, accession of Hugh
Capet)
MAGYARS
TERRITORIAL PRINCIPALITIES
KNIGHTS (From OE "cniht", boy, retainer) Cf. CHEVALIER (Fr.), RITTER (Germ, Old English) etc.
STEM DUCHIES of
medieval Germany
DRANG NACH OSTEN MARCHES
PAVIA
OLD ENGLISH BEDE SAPIENTIA (=
Wisdom)
(DANE)GELD FYRD (OE
for army) HIDE (OE for unit
of land, originally = enough for one household)
STERLINGS
WRITS SHERIFFS (Shire-reeve)
AESOP
AID (Books describe as "feudal", ie
what man owes lord beyond specially agreed terms eg fight as knight)
(CHIEF)
JUSTICIAR EXCHEQUER "DIALOGUE OF THE EXCHEQUER"
ARCHBISHOP THOMAS BECKET OF CANTERBURY (1162-70)
LARGESSE COURTESY CHIVALRY
EYRE ASSIZES
PIPE ROLLS CHANCERY ACTA (=
documents recording acts oif king etc.)
ARCHBISHOP
LANFRANC OF CANTERBURY (1070-93) BISHOP (St.) HUGH OF
LINCOLN
BENEFICIUM/BENEFICIA
FREDERICK I BARBAROSSA (GERMAN KING 1152-90)
MAGNA CARTA (No definite article!) LEX TERRAE
("law of the land")