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MARIA, COUNTESS OF BÉARN,* ACCOMPANIED BY SEVEN OF HER MALE COURTIERS, SWEARS HOMAGE TO HER OVERLORD, KING ALFONSO II OF ARAGON, ILLUSTRATION IN A MANUSCRIPT PRODUCED FOR THE ROYAL COURT OF ARAGON CIRCA 1175 C.E. Archivо de lа Cоrоnа de Arаgon, Barcelona, Spain Mithra-Index/Bridgeman Images. *The lordship of Béarn was located in present-day southwestern France. In Europe, political relationships of the type depicted in the image emerged most directly on account of which of the following developments?