| Lords based their authority over other freeholders on two types of vassalage. |
| Upon his Ishmaelite neck was firmly fastened the collar of vassalage to the baron of the Quarterhouse. |
| He understood the practice of European vassalage and the importance attached to an oath taken to an lord. |
| Before then personal vassalage was common, but a considerable proportion of peasants were slaves. |
| The price which had to be paid for Tiglath-Pileser's intervention was vassalage and tribute. |
| The Portugal put an end to its ties to the vassalage of Spain thanks to the Treaty of Zamora. |
