feudal levy
Medieval military obligation
A feudal levy was the military service owed by vassals to their lord under the feudal system—knights and soldiers summoned to fight in exchange for land rights.
The term also refers to the force itself: The king called up his feudal levy to repel the invasion.
By extension, any compulsory mustering of resources or personnel from subordinates.
- knight-serviceLand granted for military obligation
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- call to armsUrgent summons to fight
- titheTenth for clergy
- vassalageSubordination to a lord
sworn oath · tenure · muster · fighting men · homage · fiefdom · exaction · manorialism · fealty · tribute · serfdom · suzerainty · landed nobility · campaign · overlordship · medieval warfare · mounted · lord
- medieval warfareknights, siege warfare, castle, castle siege, siege
- feudalismfief, vassal, fealty, homage, lord
- feudal leviescorvee, quit-rent, wardship, manorial dues, tithe
- conscriptionconscription, conscript, conscripts, draftee, draftees
- feudal punishmenthanging, flogging, whipping, pillory, dungeon
military organization type
feudal levystanding army
Continuously maintained military force
professional army · regular army · career soldiers · conscript army · militia