Most of us have seen or heard of the long-running TV Show, The Family Feud.

Many of us made a mental connection between feuding and feudalism when we FIRST heard that ISM.

While it certainly is true that Hârnic politics and the European middle-ages involved a lot of family feuding, the root of the word feudal is quite different.

Its French counterpart is féodalisme but the cognate is easier to spot when we use the derivative French term féodalité...

It’s not much of a stretch from féodalité to fidelity - which means truth, integrity, and a refers to a commitment to honor a feudal promise (land for service).   This is remarkably different from a feud.

Another medieval term that is easier to understand from its French origin, is “Homage”.  This comes from the french Homme, which means man and thus the concept of homage is honoring another man (or woman).

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