See also:

• HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

HOMAGE (from homo, through the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low See also:

• LAT

Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)  , one of the ceremonies used in the granting of a See also:

• FIEF

fief, and indicating the submission of a See also:

• VASSAL (Fr. vassal, vassaut, vassault, &c,)

vassal to his See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord . It could be received only by the suzerain in See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person . With See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head uncovered the vassal humbly requested to be allowed to enter into the feudal relation; he then laid aside his See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword and spurs, ungirt his See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt, and kneeling before his lord, and holding his hands extended and joined between the hands of his lord, uttered words to this effect: " I become your See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man from this See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day forth, of See also:

• LIFE

life and See also:

• LIMB

limb, and will hold faith to you for the lands I claim to hold of you." The See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of fealty, which could be received by See also:

• PROXY (short for " procuracy ")

proxy, followed the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

• HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

homage; then came the ceremony of See also:

• INVESTITURE (Late Lat. investitura)

investiture, either directly on the ground or by the delivery of a See also:

• TURF

turf, a handful of See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, a See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, or some other symbolical See also:

• OBJECT

object . Homage was done not only by the vassal to whom feudal lands were first granted but by every one in turn by whom they were inherited, since they were not granted absolutely but only on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of military and other service . An See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant might do homage, but he did not thus enter into full See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of his lands . The ceremony was of a preliminary nature, securing that the fief would not be alienated; but the vassal had to take the oath of fealty, and to be formally invested, when he reached his See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority . The obligations involved in the act of homage were more See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general than those associated with the oath of fealty, but they provided a strong moral See also:

• SANCTION (Lat. sanctia, from sancire, to decree or ordain)

sanction for more specific engagements . They essentially resembled the obligations undertaken towards a See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief by the members of his " comitatus " or " gefolge," one of the institutions from which See also:

• FEUDALISM
• FEUDALISM (from Late Lat. feodum or feudum, a fee or fiel; see FEE)

feudalism directly sprang . Besides homagium ligeum, there was a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of homage which imposed no feudal See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty; this was homagium per paragium, such as the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy rendered to the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and as the dukes of Normandy received from the dukes of See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany . The act of See also:

• LIEGE
• LIEGE (Walloon, Lige, Flemish, Luik, Ger. Lilltich)

liege homage to a particular lord did not interfere with the vassal's See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance as a subject to his See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign, or with his duty to any other suzerain of whom he might hold lands . The word is also used of the See also:

• BODY

body of tenants attending a manorial See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, or of the court in a court See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron (consisting of the tenants that do homage and make inquiries and presentments, termed a homage See also:

• JURY

jury) .