Vassals
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This last name especially proves that the descendants of the famous Highlanders have become manufacturers, and that they have made workmen of all the
vassals
of the old clan chieftains.
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Even based on legends, the movie has a quiet accurate historical set and a very interesting depiction of the conflict between Norman conquerors and Saxon vassals, in medieval England.
Bush must be willing to accept Europeans as genuine partners and stop treating them like recalcitrant
vassals.
Throughout its history, China has sought to treat its neighbors as
vassals
– a mindset currently reflected in the way that it has approached negotiations with Vietnam and the Philippines over the South China Sea.
And shouting horsemen are galloping from group to group, and little banners are fluttering lazily in the warm breeze, and every now and then there is a deeper stir as the ranks make way on either side, and some great Baron on his war-horse, with his guard of squires around him, passes along to take his station at the head of his serfs and
vassals.
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