Money & Finance

Contia

  1. Contia, allowance.
  2. Levy (as when King Fernando collected from non-fighting subjects the sum necessary to fully arm those that were registered in the list of fighters, the contiados). [Fernando, ch.87: 29]
  3. Fief. [Fernando, ch.87: 42]
  4. Life service allowance or income given by the king to noblemen and their eldest sons from birth, in exchange for their permanent availability with a certain number of men, arms and horses.

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