Since vassal obligation was hereditary, what happens when a knight dies with only a daughter?
A) The lord would seize the fiefdom and find a new vassal.
B) The widow would be married to a bachelor or widowed knight within his kingdom, who would then oversee both fiefdoms.
C) The lord, or a member of his family, would marry the daughter and subsume the fiefdom back under his personal control.
D) The lord would serve as her guardian until marriage and then her husband would become his vassal.
E) The lord would hold the property in trust until a grandchild is born that is male.
D
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A) law enforcement agents B) local postmasters C) tax collectors D) active military personnel
After Henry II changed the way in which clergy were charged for crimes, who eventually excommunicated some royal officials, enraging the king?
What will be an ideal response?