A feat is he set of feats carried out by a character, or failing that, by a people, usually in order to achieve an important objective and in which a large part of society intervenes and is involved.
Deeds carried out by individuals or groups in favor of a laudable mission: the independence of a nation or a Revolution that changes the current status quo
They are usually the adverse scenarios conquered, which a priori turned out to be very difficult to obtain a victory, those that normally determine that a situation or an event, after that victory, is considered as a feat.
Although the word is used to refer to these acts loaded with heroism in which a laudable and important objective is achieved, such is the case of the liberation of a people or the declaration of independence, among others, synonyms such as feat, feat, adventure or heroism.
Achievement that an individual achieves
But we must also say that the use of this word is not reduced to a context of political struggle and so it is usually used in popular language when it is wanted to give an account of the enormous achievement achieved by either an individual, an organization, a business, science, among others.
“Beating the English team as a visitor and with the whole public against it, was a real feat on the part of the Argentine team.”
The deeds, whatever their context, cause, motivation, are always events worthy of being celebrated and highlighted by the available means.
Celebrated and remembered with special dates
Its so relevant characteristics, extraordinary by the way, make the feat to be remembered over the years and centuries, and it becomes an unforgettable, historical event, even for which an annual calendar date is usually set aside to remember and celebrate it, such as This is the case of the declaration of the independence of a country, or an important Revolution, the independence of Argentina declared in 1816, or the French Revolution that occurred in 1789, respectively.
Even in the case of dates such as the French Revolution, the feats and consequences that it implied were of such magnitude that its memory not only concerns France but has spread throughout the world, being an event that is remembered and celebrated in the rest of Europe and the world.
Medicine and science also have their own feats
In the aforementioned case of science and also medicine, there are many deeds that various men have starred in, who just after their inventions and discoveries produced a before and after in those contexts, unforgettable and that changed the lives of thousands of people who inhabit this planet.
Let's think about surgical operations such as the bypass that lengthened the lives of thousands of patients suffering from coronary and heart problems, or some scientific advances such as the one introduced by the Curie couple in matters of Radioactivity, which would later lead to the application of the same to treat serious diseases like cancer.
Cantar de gesta: epic written and widely used in the Middle Ages
On your side, the singing of deed is the name from which the epic written during the Middle Ages, or failing that, to that extensive literary manifestation that belongs to the epic genre and in which the various feats of a hero who as such represented those virtues that in medieval peoples or communities were considered ideals or models.
It was quite common that between centuries XI and XII, the minstrels, spread them orally as a consequence of the illiteracy that prevailed in the society of that time. They used to have a length that varied between two thousand and twenty thousand verses, although the most regular thing was that they did not exceed four thousand verses. Many times, the deed song in question had to be read by the minstrel over several days, due to the length we mentioned.
The Song of Mine Cid it is an example of singing deed; it recounts the heroic deeds carried out by the Castilian knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, with the mission of regaining the trust of King Alfonso VI who had opportunely exiled him from Castile. There are no references regarding its author.
