THE ROLE OF NOBLES AND LORDS

NOBLES

One of the duties of this government was to protect the people. When the empire collapsed, there was a king, but there was no formal organization to keep the people safe. The nobles filled this role. In turn for service to the nobles, either through farming the land or doing duties the nobles prescribed, the peasant people were given protection. The nobles offered this protection through the use of knights, who most often were their sons.

They worked for the monarch by serving them in their certain needs, and in return they were provided a good standard of living.

In turn for the land given to them from the king, they had to pay a fealty to the king.they did this by giving their support to the king at all times, governing the land, and being ready to provide troops and fight for the king when the need arose.

Kings provided lords with portions of land. Within the fief he owned, The Lord had nearly total authority. He was the judge and jury whenever a dispute needed to be settled.