presented many times in Shakespeare and elsewhere.. the "Nobles" around the court, Barons or minor Princes with conflicts on their own lands. Not commanding fro

presented many times in Shakespeare and elsewhere.. the "Nobles" around the court, Barons or minor Princes with conflicts on their own lands. Not commanding from the top but instead mired in local conflict and between each other and their own family. A great conspiracy is not the way to think of this. It is a system with pressure. In general there is pressure around control of wealth, for ages. The modern forms of pressure come from attorneys mainly, or those closest to the action with ambitions and vices. "They will never allow" is shallow thinking, casting your own desire for power into the actors. The reality is complicated and not as simple. Reality is that there is great abundance at this time, and it is fought over daily using mostly legal means.