I myself think that Americans should recognize the Queen as their rightful liege lord and rejoin the British Commonwealth! |
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My liege, Lord Ivan may have, to some extent, the ability to read thoughts. |
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So, he decided to require each European lord to take an oath of liege homage to him upon their arrival. |
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The Scottish king submitted completely, offering liege homage and a 15,000 mark fine. |
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At the Treaty of Paris in 1259 Henry III accepted that he held Aquitaine as a fief of the French crown and owed liege homage. |
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One would fight to the death for the lady liege, the madonna, and be happy with a talismanic scarf, a kind glance. |
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We have searched as we could, my liege, but the northern lords object to our presence more strongly every day. |
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Unlike his newly deceased liege, he was a remarkable soldier and statesman. |
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These oath-takings are critical to Tolkien's mythologising of the past because they reproduce the feudal bonds that a vassal pays to his liege lord. |
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There was only one thing that it was truly concerned for and that was to kill and to destroy any individual that dared to come against his liege, the Dark Master. |
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In the Roman successor states of western Europe, the feudal system contained a hint of servility in the act of homage that liege lords found it unwise to presume upon. |
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In 1334 Balliol had to pay the price, performing liege homage to Edward for his kingdom, and ceding much of southern Scotland to Edward III's direct rule. |
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In return the liege lord promised to protect and remain loyal to his vassal. |
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Meanwhile, in June 1156, peace was made with the Sicilians, and Adrian agreed to invest William, who in turn became the pope's liege man, which further embittered Frederick. |
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Philip, as Henry's liege lord, objected, stating that he should be the rightful guardian until the birth of the child. |
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The agreement resulted in the fact that the English kings had to pay homage liege to the French monarchs for territories on the continent. |
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A form of indentured servitude was allowed, being similar to a peasant's duty to his liege lord in Europe. |
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And after that he conquered all Scotlond, and made the Kynge of Scottes his liege man, to do him fewte and homage as he ought of right. |
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Tradition demanded that vassals approach their liege unarmed with heads bare. |
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Most of the common soldiers found it difficult to fight for a liege whom they distrusted, and some lords believed that their situation might improve if Richard was dethroned. |
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In 1477, the year of Charles' sudden death at Nancy, the Low Countries rebelled against their new liege, Mary of Burgundy, and presented her with a set of demands. |
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Others attribute authorship to the mendicants who provided spiritual counsel to women in the Liege diocese. |
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Mont-Cornillon was the site of a leprosarium and monastery under the Rule of Saint Augustine, just outside the city walls of Liege. |
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By office, John served as one of thirty canons at Saint-Martin's, which was one of seven collegiate churches in Liege. |
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The iconography of the Liege statuette further refutes the notion that it could have been offered in atonement. |
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Liege homage involved the vassal admitting his obligation to pay all services, including the provision of military assistance. |
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In 1807, aged 17, he and his brother Charles James took over the management of a factory in Liege. |
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In 1814 the brothers bought the former palace of the Prince Bishops of Liege at Seraing. |
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A couple of days ago, Spurs completed a PS3million deal to bring 20-year-old defender Zeki Fryers to White Hart Lane from Standard Liege. |
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Richard Gerberding points out that up to this time, much of Martel's support was probably from his mother's kindred in the lands around Liege. |
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Why, Warwick, canst thous speak against thy Liege, Whom thou obeyedst thirty and six years, And not bewray thy treason with a blush? |
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Seraing is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege. |
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Sir Alex Ferguson has called for an inquiry into the transfer of 20-year-old defender Ezekiel Fryers from Belgian side Standard Liege to Tottenham Hotspur. |
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