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Old 12-23-2011, 10:29 AM   #47240
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Also, the development of the heritability of the fief by the vassal's heirs was accompanied by the development of its alienability by the vassal. Such alienation sometimes took the form of subinfeudation, that is, the enfeoffment of a subvassal.
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