Assize of Arms of 1181
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assize-of-arms-of-1181-181-14421491
title:
Assize of Arms of 1181
text:
The Assize of Arms of 1181 was a proclamation of King Henry II of England concerning the obligation of all freemen of England to possess and bear arms in the service of king and realm and to swear allegiance to the king, on pain of "vengeance, not merely on their lands or chattels, but on their limbs". The assize stipulated precisely the military equipment that each man should have according to his rank and wealth. The assize effectively revived the old Anglo-Saxon fyrd duty. The Assize establis
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Proclamation of all freemen in england
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assize_of_Arms_of_1181
date created:
2006-05-09T16:11:28Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T23:56:31Z
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