fief

Japanese: fief
fief

...In other words, the vassal system, which was linked to the aristocracy as a state-forming force, was maintained by a loyal lord-vassal relationship between free people, including the aristocrats, in that respect, which is different from the anti-state and private lord-vassal relationship of the late Roman period and the extra-state Celts. At the same time, in the Germanic vassal system, one can see a strong germination of the feudal lord-vassal system that was established in the Middle Ages (feudal system). The reason why the granting and receiving of fiefs, another condition of feudalism, did not occur was due to the narrowness of the domain of the spontaneous aristocracy and the underdeveloped concept of land. In view of these circumstances, it is natural that the ownership or rule of large lands over subordinate peasants and free people must be assumed in ancient Germanic society, but this does not necessarily mean the landed lord system, or manorial rule, with its uniquely medieval structure.

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Japanese:

…つまり国家形成力としての貴族制と結合した従士制度が,貴族をふくむ自由民相互の忠誠的主従関係によって維持されていたという点に,いわば反国家的・私的なローマ末期の主従関係,および国家外的なケルトのそれとの相違があり,同時にゲルマン的従士制の中に,中世に入って成立する封建的主従制Vasallitätへの一つの有力な萌芽を認めることができる(封建制度)。封建制のいま一つの条件である封Lehen,fiefの授受がこれに伴わなかったのは,自生的な貴族の支配領域の狭小と,土地に対する考え方の未発達によるものである。 このような事情からみても,古ゲルマン社会には当然隷属的な農民や自由民の上に立つ大土地所有または支配が前提とされなければならないのであるが,しかしそれはそのまま中世的な独特のしくみを持つ土地領主制すなわち荘園支配を意味するとはいえない。…

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