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The [[original]] sense in med.L. and F. was ‘acquisition, esp. as the result of effort’; including getting by [[force]] of [[violence|arms]] as well as by other means. Hence two lines of [[development]]: first, with the feudal jurists ‘[[personal]] acquisition of estate, as [[opposed]] to inheritance’, without specific [[reference]] to the mode, whether by [[force]] of arms, by grant, or (in later times) by [[money]], called PURCHASE  in [[English]] [[Law]]; secondly, ‘acquisition by [[force]] of arms, military conquest’. The latter of these is by far the earlier in [[English]], and has always been (with its [[transfer]]red uses) the only popular sense. The general sense of acquisition and esp. the legal sense as opposed to inheritance, is chiefly Scotch and prominent in Scotch law.]  

The [[original]] sense in med.L. and F. was ‘acquisition, esp. as the result of effort’; including getting by [[force]] of [[violence|arms]] as well as by other means. Hence two lines of [[development]]: first, with the feudal jurists ‘[[personal]] acquisition of estate, as [[opposed]] to inheritance’, without specific [[reference]] to the mode, whether by [[force]] of arms, by grant, or (in later times) by [[money]], called PURCHASE  in [[English]] [[Law]]; secondly, ‘acquisition by [[force]] of arms, military conquest’. The latter of these is by far the earlier in [[English]], and has always been (with its [[transfer]]red uses) the only popular sense. The general sense of acquisition and esp. the legal sense as opposed to inheritance, is chiefly Scotch and prominent in Scotch law.]  

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 : the [[act]] or [[process]] of conquering

*1 : the [[act]] or [[process]] of conquering

*3 : Mountaineering. The successful [[ascent]] of a mountain, esp. one previously unclimbed.

*3 : Mountaineering. The successful [[ascent]] of a mountain, esp. one previously unclimbed.

==Description==

==Description==

[[Conquest]] is the [[act]] of military  subjugation of an enemy  by [[force]] of arms. One example is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England Norman conquest of England], which provided the subjugation of the Kingdom of England and the acquisition of the English crown by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_England William the Conquerer] in 1066. There are many other examples of conquest throughout military [[history]]: the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_Britain Roman conquest of Britain], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Aztec_Empire Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire] and various [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquests Muslim conquests] are just a few.

[[Conquest]] is the [[act]] of military  subjugation of an enemy  by [[force]] of arms. One example is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England Norman conquest of England], which provided the subjugation of the Kingdom of England and the acquisition of the English crown by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_England William the Conquerer] in 1066. There are many other examples of conquest throughout military [[history]]: the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_Britain Roman conquest of Britain], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Aztec_Empire Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire] and various [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquests Muslim conquests] are just a few.

[[Category: History]]

[[Category: History]]