
Now the duke might have his own manor or might even have multiple In medieval England, a duke was the highest title of nobility. Now the terminology here is that the duke would be one of the king's vassals or would be vassal to the king. Region we are in the Middle Ages or it might be in the form of a percentage of the agricultural Provide the king with taxes, which might be in the form of coinage, depending on what time and If the king wants to goĬonquer other territories, same thing, and also The duke will fight alongside the king, would Would provide loyalty, pledge their fealty. So, the king might grant a duchy, a duchy, to a duke, and in exchange, the duke I guess they didn't call it ducky because that justĭoesn't sound as serious.


Now, right over here, this is a duchy and a duchy will be controlled by a duke. And the key currency in the Middle Ages under the feudal system is land and land in exchangeįor loyalty and service. That, and to help govern, he might grant land orįiefs to other people. The king come to power, helped him depose the previous Now this is not so easy to govern, especially during the Middle Ages, and the king might owe many people things, especially people who helped Probably familiar with some of the key actors within With the feudal system, which is how most of Europe was governed during the Middle Ages.
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Knights in shining armor and their code of chivalry, with kings and castles Of the Western Roman empire in 476 until we get toĪbout 1,000 years later with the emergence of the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration. That roughly 1,000 year period of time in Europe from the end Talk about in other videos, the Middle Ages refers to
