Answer: The basic government and society in Europe during the middle ages was based around the feudal system. Small communities were formed around the local lord and the manor. The lord owned the land and everything in it. He would keep the peasants safe in return for their service.
Nobles would defend the land, as it was the most valuable thing a person could own at the time. Manors provided the income needed to support the knights and soldiers demanded by the monarch. A monarch could not oversee all the land himself.
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