seigneury
Lord's landed domain
A seigneury is an estate or domain held by a seigneur—a feudal lord.
The term appears most often in discussions of French and French-Canadian history, where seigneuries were grants of land along the St.
Lawrence River, with the seigneur collecting rents and dues from tenant farmers.
The old seigneury system shaped Quebec's long, narrow farm plots.
Subordination to a lord
- fealtyPledged devotion to authority
- homageExpression of deep respect
- liegeFeudal superior or subject
- suzeraintyControl without full annexation
fiefdom · serfdom · tenure · knight-service · overlordship · nobility · peasantry · tithes
Landed aristocratic residence
- demesneLord's private estate
- domainArea of control
- fiefGranted feudal estate
- landholdingOwned piece of terrain
chateau · hall · grange · manse · ancestral home · country house · property · homestead
Nobleman or ruler
- baronLow-ranking peer
- countReckon a total
- nobleTitled or virtuous
- aristocratPerson of noble birth
landowner · squire · patrician · titled · peerage · gentry · landed · overlord
Power to enforce obedience
- dominionAuthority to rule
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
control · administration · rights · privileges · prerogatives · judicial power · taxation · tolls
vassalage
Subordination to a lord
suzerainty · fiefdom · serfdom · tenure · knight-service · overlordship · nobility · peasantry · tithes · manorialism
manor
Landed aristocratic residence
landholding · chateau · hall · grange · manse · ancestral home · country house · property · homestead · grounds
lord
Nobleman or ruler
aristocrat · landowner · squire · patrician · titled · peerage · gentry · landed · overlord · proprietor
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- dominionAuthority to rule
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- governanceHow authority is exercised
rule · control · administration · rights · privileges · prerogatives · judicial power · taxation · tolls · monopolies
seigneuryvilleinage
Feudal tenant bondage
tenant farm · freehold · common land · demesne · fiefdom
seigneuryserfdom
Feudal bound labor
peasantry · villeinage · bondage · tenancy · landlessness
- seigneurial systemFeudal colonial land organization
- seigneurial rightsFeudal lord's legal claims