fRANCE HAD BECOME A CAPITAL FOR THE ARTS, LOUIS HAD STARTED TO SUPPORT THE ARTS, SUCH AS OPERA AND BALLET. HIS INTENT FOR THIS WAS TO GET ARTISTS TO MAKE PICTURES OF HIM, WHAT HE SUPPORTED AND HIS VALUES. FRANCE HAD BECOME AN EUROPEN POWER, MILITARILY AND POLITICALLY. fRANCE WAS STRONG POLITICALLY BECAUSE LOUIS WAS AN ABSOLUTE RULER, THAT MEANT THAT HE HAD ALL THE POWER OF HIS COUNTRY. HE MADE HIS POWER STRONGER BY WEAKING THE POWER OF THE NOBLES AND GIVING IT TO PEOPLE CALLED INTENDENTS. kINGS ALL OVER EUOPE HAD ALSO WANTED TO HAVE AS MUCH POWER AS LOUIS HAD AND DECIDIED TO TAKE POWER AWAY FROM THE NOBLES TOO. THIS GAVE ABSOLUTE RULERS MORE POWER, AND THEIR COUNTRY MORE POWER.
Economically, they lost some power after WW1, but military-wise, they did not lose as much power as the Treaty of Versailles would have us think.
Back in the day, when they caste system was invented, priests were more important than Kings because religion was strongly felt and religion mattered a lot to many people. Even much more than the King / Queen and country.
Personally, I would say it was neither good nor bad. It might have been necessary, but it is hard to tell. This is a value judgment that is far more complicated than it appears. Most people today, given the choice to live in a feudal society, would probably decide not to do it unless they were the head of that society, or at least near the top. But to the people of the time, feudalism provided a measure of security that was a lot better than some of the alternatives, which included chaos and anarchy. The centralized monarchies of Western Europe were not strong enough to provide stability from the top. The stability had to come locally. Feudal lords and freeholders provided a level of organization and protection to the serfs they otherwise would not have had.
because black men and women were strong and they had very much power in there body. but white didn't have power they were weak
The Kings had so much power because there was no government.
kings had higher rank but did not really have much power over lords.
With that ratification of the US Constitution implementing individual state governments under a Central government broken up into branches to avoid putting to much power under one person known as checks and balances
Tribes, exept that the Wizard class was never in much power.
no political power
During the fifteenth century, feudalism was the main form of government. A king only held as much power as the lords around him gave him, and as they could easily amass armies to overthrow him, they were always a threat.
Under the Tokugawa Shogunate the Emperor acted as a figurehead and Shoguns ruled regions much like Feudal Europe with Kings as figureheads and Regions ruled by Earls and such.
Feudalism is a social system of rights and duties based on land tenure and ... to a much lesser degree other sources of income) is held in fief by vassals from ... Royal power declined and local dynasties became, in fact, independent and ... From the 12th century onward feudalism came under attack from various rival forces.
enough to buy several slaves...
They believed at that time that their power was annointed to them directly by god. and since people feared god, they feared the kings as they were gods presence on earth.
kings had higher rank but did not really have much power over lords.
cause they were rich and were in the familys of kings and queens.