Baronate

A baronate , also known as a barony (French baronnie ; English barony ), was owned by a baron as a free fiefdom in the Middle Ages . The title of the respective baron or baron was usually linked to the baronate. With the abolition of feudal rule , these territorial administrative units lost their importance.

See also

• German nobility
• British nobility
• French nobility

Web links

• www.duden.de
• www.deacademic.com
• www.wissen.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Carl Joseph Meyer : New conversation lexicon for all classes: Armuth - Bavaria. Volume 2. Bibliographical Institute , 1857, p. 1008.
2. ^ PGB McNeill, HL MacQueen: Atlas of Scottish History to 1707. University of Edinburgh, 1996, pp. 201-207.