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.
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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
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serfs and freeholders (peasants)
The church had the most power in the middle ages because it was the one thing that united people.