I went back to school for history, High school history about the history of Canada.
I need a simple explanation of what " SEIGNEURY" means.
Ive been looking for the meaning of this word everywhere in the book.
can anyone help find a simple meaning to this?
thank youuuuu!!
2007-03-15 17:59:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
http://www.answers.com/topic/seigneury
seign·eur·y (sān'yə-rē)
n., pl. -ies.
The power, rank, or estate of a seigneur.
2007-03-15 18:13:23 · answer #1 · answered by dontsmokecrackorshootthatsmack 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A seigneury is the power, rank, or estate of a seigneur.
A seigneur is a man of rank, especially a feudal lord in the ancien régime. Or In Canada, a man who owned a large estate originally held by a feudal grant from the king of France.
2007-03-16 01:10:16 · answer #2 · answered by J H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A seigneury is the estate of a seigneur.
Read this Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigneury
Next time, go to Google search and type in
define seigneury
or whatever word you are looking for.
2007-03-16 01:12:18 · answer #3 · answered by RE 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look on google..........do your own hw, its not that tough if you google it!!!!!!!
2007-03-16 01:08:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋