During the A.D. 800s, this shift of power from kings to nobles led to new order known as feudalism. Under feudalism, landowning nobles governed and also protected the people in return for services,such as fighting in a noble's army or farming the lands.
Most of nobles remain in power many centuries past the middle ages, but usually their power decreased because the kings gave the cities rigths and self-government in exchange of political and military support, replacing the nobility.
The King went from top of the food chain all the way to the bottom and the nobles took over
the Magna - Carta
nobles
Manors
fables
serfs and freeholders (peasants)
The church had the most power in the middle ages because it was the one thing that united people.
nobles
The nobles of the Middle Ages gave way to the power of the Monarchies as this period of history in Europe was coming to an end.
Under Tenants had power over the peasants
serfs, knights and nobles
Manors
The nobles married merchants. Nobles in the middle ages got their money through land.
the queens took over.
serfs and freeholders (peasants)
fables
when the king went all the way from the top of the food chain, all the way to the bottom when the nobles came and took over.
Weirdo's
The church had the most power in the middle ages because it was the one thing that united people.