Medieval monarchs weren't really the absolute rulers they're often perceived to be. A medieval monarch was heavily constrained by the nobility. It wasn't real

Medieval monarchs weren't really the absolute rulers they're often perceived to be. A medieval monarch was heavily constrained by the nobility. It wasn't really until the late 1600s and 1700s with monarchs like Louis XIV and Catherine the Great that the monarchy grew sufficiently powerful to start to exercise some real control over the nobility.