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GCSE History · key term
Military service owed to a lord in return for holding land, involving the provision of knights.
Used by Edexcel
Paper 2
Military service owed in return for landholding; knights normally provided 40 days of unpaid service each year.
The obligation to provide knights for military service in return for holding land.
For a feature question, identify a feature and develop it with precise detail: knight service normally meant 40 days of unpaid military service each year.
Distinguish knight service from labour service: providing military service was different from working on a lord’s land.
Scutage was a payment instead of providing knights; it was not the same as knight service.
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