feudal estate
Medieval landed property
A feudal estate is land held under the medieval system of feudalism, where a lord granted property to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service—typically military obligation.
The term encompasses both the physical territory and the rights attached to it: rents, labor, and jurisdiction over tenants.
The duke's feudal estate stretched across three counties.
- serfBonded agricultural laborer
- fiefGranted feudal estate
- lordshipNoble rank or domain
- lord of the manorFeudal estate holder
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
demesne · landed gentry · noble house · tenant-in-chief · villein · tenant farmer · vassalage · lady · knight-service · manorialism · overlord · glebe · suzerainty · tithe · primogeniture · liege · granary · landed
- landholdingsestates, landholding, holdings, holding, property
- medieval placesvillage, hamlet, town, borough, burg
- estate typesmanor, villa, mansion, chateau, castle
- family estatesancestral home, ancestral seat, family seat, manor house, ancestral hall
feudal estatefreehold
Permanent property title
private property · common land · public land · real estate · crown land
feudal estatefree market
Commerce without state intervention
industrial economy · cooperative · kibbutz · commune · corporation
feudal estatesmallholding
Small cultivated land parcel
family farm · homestead · croft · allotment