Fédérés.
A band of young Marseillais, who, under the leadership of Barbaroux, marched to Paris in 1792 to aid the Revolution.
Fehden.
In mediaeval Germany, the private wars between the semi-independent barons and knights were known by this name.
Fellaheen.
The peasants of Egypt. The word signifies “tillers.”
Fenian Association.
An Irish revolutionary society, established about 1858. During the American Civil War, it became an organized institution, with headquarters in New York, with the avowed object of fomenting disturbances in Ireland, and making the Government of that country by England impossible. Its leader was James Stephens. In 1866 the Fenians attempted a raid into Canada, which was entirely unsuccessful. In 1867 a general rising in Ireland was planned, which also failed. Two further unsuccessful attempts upon Canada took place in 1870 and 1871, from which point its activity was confined to a few isolated outrages of small importance. The name Fenian is taken from the old Irish Militia, which was known as Fionna Eirinn.
Feormfultum.
In Anglo-Saxon times a tax levied on the land for the support of the royal household. It was paid in kind.