The lands of the magnates who constituted the medieval nobility were their own and not "on lease" from a feudal king.

It was particularly popular among the medieval Georgian nobility.

We also know that, at least amongst the Gaulish and the early medieval Irish nobility, polygyny was a widespread practice.

His family traced its roots to medieval Polish nobility.

Captain De Stancy represents a dream of medieval nobility to Paula.

Gustaf descends through both his mother and father from medieval Scandinavian nobility and rulers.

In early times, medieval nobility kept their sword ready to draw with the right hand, so that pedestrians and equestrians would pass one another on the left.

They were the remnants of the medieval free nobility (edelfrei) and the ministeriales.

Elisabeth descends through both her mother and father from medieval Scandinavian nobility and rulers.

Ganshof defined feudalism from a narrow legal and military perspective, arguing that feudal relationships existed only within the medieval nobility itself.