![]() ![]() Does a Baron (or Marquis, etc) get his land from the Duke, and pay fealty to him (and thus indirectly, the King), or does he get his land directly from the King? Similarily, would the Baron pay his taxes through the Duke to the King, to the King directly, or both? I've always thought that it was direct, one on one relationships. To help manage his vast estates, the King grants to a Duke some of his land, who pledges fealty in exchange. On a specific point of vassalage - who did lower nobility pay fealty to? Their immediate superior or the King, or both (but to what degrees)? The King owns all the land in his kingdom by divine right.From one source, a small kingdom was typically 80x80 miles in size while larger ones could get up to 600圆00 (near the size of Germany). More (possible) examples - the modern German state of Bavaria is 165x165 miles in size. However the county of Cornwall in its entirety is about 60 miles x 60 miles in size. The duchy of Cornwall still exists in England, owned by the Crown, and is approx. ![]() How large were the typical estates for the landed nobles? A Barony is an area definiton of 4,000 acres - I don't know how relevant that is to areas of ancient times.France had about 300 delegates in the Second Estate when the Estates General was convened, though this was in the late 18th century and not quite in the medieval age. (Googling revealed a diagram where it was actually more like a spire). I was a little surprised because this seems relatively stable at a near 1:1 ratio, when I always pictured feudalism as the textbook example of a pyramid. How many landed nobles existed within the typical medieval kingdom? Looking up British titles, there appeared to be 20-30 for each tier (duke, marquis, viscount, earl, baron), though I don't know if this could be considered standard.I've been wondering about specific aspects of medieval history, namely the feudal system. ![]()
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