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Feudal aid
Feudal aid, or just plain aid is the legal term for one of the financial duties required of a feudal tenant or vassal to his lord. Variations on the feudal aid were collected in England, France, Germany and Italy during the Middle Ages, although the exact circumstances varied.
==Origin==
The term originated in the late 11th century,〔 and it first appears in northern France, in the County of Anjou.〔Reynolds ''Fiefs and Vassals'' p. 65〕 It was a payment made by the tenant or vassal to the lord on certain occasions, usually the knighting of the lord's eldest son and the marriage of his eldest daughter. Occasionally it was collected when the lord needed to pay a ransom after being captured.〔Coredon ''Dictionary of Medieval Terms & Phrases'' p. 8〕 Sometimes a fourth occasion was added to the customary list: when the lord went on Crusade.〔Reynolds ''Fiefs and Vassals'' p. 312〕 Other times when aids might be demanded were when the lord himself was being taxed by his own superiors. At those times, the lord might try to pass the demand on to his own vassals.〔Zacour ''Introduction to Medieval Institutions'' p. 98〕
The growth of the custom sprang from the traditional obligation of the vassal to render aid and counsel to his lord. At first, this was physical aid in the form of military service and attendance at the lord's court, but gradually it came to include financial aid to the lord as well. As it became obligatory to give monetary gifts to the lord, it also became limited by custom to set occasions.〔Bloch ''Feudal Society Volume 1'' pp. 222-224〕
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