Did the house system in middle ages work similar the way its depicted in asoiaf?

Did the house system in middle ages work similar the way its depicted in asoiaf?

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No, in a western fuedal system the king only lead the country in times of war, and lords did not command other lords except in a kingdom that has a king who bows to an emperor.

That muslim castle looks amazing. Is there a muzzie denom that's not up for incest and terrorism?

it's probably the closest to the real thing in the mass media right now.
Like pointed out, it's not totally realistic but compared to stuff like Lord of the rings, Asoiaf is pretty close to how it worked.

More importantly, was the tax policy in asoiaf similar to that of the middle ages?

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So titles like Duke and Jarl are just honorary or did you mean that the king is in charge of commanding all the realm's men?

jarls were chieftans that were touted as lords. Dukes were high (meaning more powerful that a typical lord who often had a meager castle in some dump, whereas they had earned a higher title that came with more prestige) lords that commanded more power in court and land.

So Dukes and Jarls didn't hold other lords as vassals historically then?

that system would only arise under a personal union or an empire, and would then be called an archduke. As for jarls no

Huh, weird how media like shows, books, and games represent feudal kingdoms as feudal empires. I guess Kings could manage realms well enough on their own they didn't need to have vassals have their own vassals.

Are you retarded? It's called the feudal pyramid.
Servants had lords had lords had a king

The feudal pyramid was a class system, dumbass.

Fuck your right. Anyway. You could be a Count under a Duke under the King. My point still stands

u tell me

>The late 7th century laws of Ine of Wessex list the food render expected of an estate of ten hides as "10 vats of honey, 300 loaves, 12 ambers of Welsh ale, 30 ambers of clear ale, 2 full-grown cows or 10 wethers, 10 geese, 20 hens, 10 cheeses, a full amber of butter, 5 salmon, 20 pounds in weight of fodder, and 100 eels."

Wait, you could exchange ten hides for any of those or for all of those?

n, a hide was a measure of the size of the estate being taxed

Oh, why the fuck would you need a 100 eels?

It largely depended on the size of the realm. Take the differences between feudal Britain and feudal France for example. In Britain Earls or Counts answered only to the king while Dukes rarely had vassals of their own. France frequently had Dukes with their own vassal counts largely due to its large size.

Basically, in Britain duke was more of a prestigious title rather than a position. In France, it was both a position and prestigious title.

Eh, games like Expeditions - Viking did it well because Sigurd Hring was more or less an Emperor considering he was governing all of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.