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Tesha
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Mon Dec-17-07 12:12 PM
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> but never heard about the fief issue. Can you explain it further for me?
Royalty in most of the world was hereditary.
The First Earl of Armpit begets the Second
Earl of Armpit and so on.
The Church took some steps to ensure that
bishop's mitres didn't descend down through
the ages in that same way.
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