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> Were feudal lords intermediaries. Aren't feudal lords intermediaries, empowered by the king? kings had the power to replace one feudal lord with another.
by thelastgallon 3y ago
> Were feudal lords intermediaries.
Aren't feudal lords intermediaries, empowered by the king? kings had the power to replace one feudal lord with another.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoehhh kinda. a lot of "kings" were first among equals, and had shaky loyalty from their underlings at best. the difference between a "fair and just tax levied by the local lord" and "thugs beating you until you cough up the gold, then giving a cut to their mafia boss" is small. feudalism makes a lot more sense if you think about it as loose groups of warlords and mafia dons stabbing each other and leaning on The Church for clout.