Which of the following accurately describes the way in which the comitatus ethic is represented in Beowulf, The Seafarer, and The Wanderer ?
Correct answer: D. All of these answers
- A. As a mutually beneficial relationship between rulers and warriors
- B. As an economic system of rewards used to ensure warriors reliability
- C. As a pre-feudal power structure based on the distribution of economic and military resources
- D. All of these answers
Explanation
The comitatus joined a lord and his warriors through mutual loyalty: the lord offered protection and rewards, while the warriors supplied military service. These features make it both a reciprocal warrior relationship and a pre-feudal system of distributing wealth and military power.
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