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Fealty

An oath of '''fealty''', from the Latin '''''fidelitas''''' (faithfulness), is a pledge of allegiance of one person to another. Typically the oath is made upon a religious object such as a Bible or saint|saint's relic, thus binding the oath-taker before God. In Middle Ages|medieval Europe, fealty was sworn between two people, the obliged person (''vassal'') and a person of rank (''lord''). This was done as part of a formal commendation ceremony to create a feudal relationship. Fealty and homage are a key element of feudalism. Under the feudal system, the smallest unit of land a fief could own was called a fea or fee, giving rise to the term fee simple|freehold. The term is also used by English-speakers to refer to similar oaths of allegiance in other feudal cultures, as with History of Japan#Feudal Japan|medieval Japan.

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