Fealty, Oath of

Fealty, Oath of
1) The oath by which a vassal swore loyalty to his lord, usually on a relic of saints or on the Bible.
2) The fidelity of a feudal vassal to his lord; a promise under oath to be loyal.
(Hogue, Arthur R. Origins of the Common Law, 256)
3) An oath of fidelity. Sometimes confounded with homage since both were commonly performed together when a vassal received a fief from a lord. An oath of fealty. however, could be performed to one from whom no land was held. Fealty to the Crown overrode all other obligations even that of homage to a lesser lord.
(Warren, W.L. Henry II, 634)
Related terms: Oath of Fealty

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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