Question

A _____ is the relationship between a king (or Lord) and his retainers in Anglo-Saxon times.

Answer 1

A comitatus is the relationship between a king (or Lord) and his retainers in  Anglo-Saxon times. You will often find this term used in a lot of old literature such as 'Beowulf'.  It is pretty much a relationships between a position of power/ importance and their retainers, and in defining  corresponds with our answer.

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