Knight-service was a form of feudal land tenure under which a knight held a fief or estate of land termed a knight's fee (fee being synonymous with fief) from an overlord conditional on him as a tenant performing military service for his overlord. == History == It is associated in its origin with that development in warfare which made the mailed horseman, armed with lance and sword, the most important factor in battle.
Knight-service was a form of feudal land tenure under which a knight held a fief or estate of land termed a knight's fee (fee being synonymous with fief) from an overlord conditional on him as a tenant performing military service for his overlord. == History == It is associated in its origin with that development in warfare which made the mailed horseman, armed with lance and sword, the most important factor in battle.
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