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Title: The story of the map of Europe, its making and its changing
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Bénézet, Louis Paul, 1878- (from old catalog)
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Chicago, New York, Scott, Foresman and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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on Finally, in many counties, it grew into a custom, and the oldest son took possession of his fathers fief, but not without first going to the king and swearing homage and fidelity to him. Two things must be kept in mind if we are to understand the system fully. In the first place, in the division of the lands among the barons of the conquering nation, no account was taken of the peasants. As they were of the defeated people, their rights to the land were r^^^ ^^^^ not once considered. In many countries, the pwners ^ have no victors thought of them as part and parcel rights of the conquered territory. They ^went with the land and were considered by the lord of the county as merely his servants. When one lord turned over a farm to another, the farmers were part of the bargain. If any of them tried to run away, they were brought back and whipped. They tilled the land and raised live stock, giving a certain share of their yearly crop and a certain number of beeves, hogs, sheep, etc., to
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(56) 11: The Map of Europe 57 the lord, as rent for the land, much as the freefarmers in other countries paid tribute to therobber chieftains. Thus the one class of peoplewho really earned their right to live, by pro-ducing wealth, were oppressed and robbed byall the others. Note this point, for there arewrongs existing today that are due to the factthat the feudal system is not wholly stampedout in some countries. In the second place, it must be noted thatthe king was not the direct master of all the ^ curiouspeople. Only the great lords had sworn homage scheme ofto him. He was lord of the dukes, earls, and mentbarons. The less important barons sworehomage to the great barons, and the knights,squires, retainers, and yeomen swore homageto the lesser barons. If a lesser baron had sub-divided his fief among certain knights andsquires, the peasants owed allegiance, notto him, but to the squire to whom they had beenassigned. Thus, if a man rebelled againsthis lord, all of his knights, ret

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