Word: fendal
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...ducal castle at Rouen and meditated on the weakness and perfidy of kings. He was fully as strong as his Capetian overlord on the East, and he had put that monarch firmly in his place on several occasions, taking bits of disputed territory to prove it. But fendal law was still in the eleventh century: William never thought of aspiring to the crown of France. His ambition lay in another direction...
...whole book is an excuse for the bellicose English to write the tactical and strategic history of the Battle of Hastings (whose alternate title of "Senlac" he rejects). it is thrilling and exciting reading, even for a modern anti-war demonstrator. Harold, damned by the author for his fendal perfidy, draws his admiration for his generalship. He held the heights, and it was a hard day's work for the Norman spearmen, archers, and axemen to win the issue...
...Fendal Relationship," Assistant Professor Taylor, Emerson...
...Fendal Councils," Dr. Dickinson, Sever 18, Government...
...individualistic ownership under which we are living was preceded by a community of ownership where even food was apportioned out per capita. This system was finally broken up through the working of forces which led to the exaltation of individuals through military precedence, and out of this grew the fendal system of land ownership with the subletting of land to retainers. Then came the centralization of property in the hands of the king - the syllogism being adopted "The land is the state's - the king is the state - hence the land is the king...
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