Sentence examples for of the fief from inspiring English sources

In 1864 the radical rulers of the fief of Chōshū openly defied the central government, and Keiki successfully mounted a punitive expedition.

Election (by the cathedral chapter) was to be free and lay investiture was waived, but homage before the bestowal of the fief was allowed.

Initially confirmed as duke of Bohemia in 1192 by the Holy Roman emperor Henry VI, Otakar was deposed the following year but subsequently regained possession of the fief of Bohemia in 1197.

In the 16th century some students of the law and customs of the fief declared that feudal institutions were universal and maintained that feudal systems had existed in Rome, Persia, and Judaea.

In addition to the principal service, all these tenures were subject to a number of conditions, such as relief, the payment made on transfer of a fief to an heir, and escheat, the return of the fief to the lord when the vassal died without an heir.

He was experienced in the complicated internal diplomacy of the time, having arranged the surrender of the fief of Chōshū to the authority of the shogunate in 1864 65, and was one of the small group who negotiated the secret alliance of Satsuma and Chōshū in 1866.

On Sunday, he announced at a public gathering that he would run from the high-profile constituency of New Delhi, the fief of the current chief minister of Delhi and a powerful leader of the Congress party, Sheila Dikshit, who is often described by political observers as "maternal" by way of a compliment.

Widespread fraud occurred here in the southern province of Maguindanao, the fief of the Ampatuans, the clan accused of being behind the November massacre.

In service to the papacy since the 12th century, the Farnese family had extended its possessions from a stronghold on Lake Bolsena south and westward to include most of the fiefs between Perugia, Orvieto, Sermoneta, and the sea.

Clement tried to avert this union by investing Count Tancred of Lecce with the fief of Sicily.

One of them was granted the fief of Hachinohe, and the other one was granted the fief of Shichinohe.