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*'''Proper Funding Required of the Nobility:''' A minimum amount should reach the coffers of each noble week on week, supplemented by additional monthly incomes provided by the realm at large. This allows a noble to properly pursue all matters of the realm, including warfare, education and other pursuits of noble interest. Without such, a noble is reduced to that of a mere peasant, unable to fund a proper retinue or increase their lands proper. | *'''Proper Funding Required of the Nobility:''' A minimum amount should reach the coffers of each noble week on week, supplemented by additional monthly incomes provided by the realm at large. This allows a noble to properly pursue all matters of the realm, including warfare, education and other pursuits of noble interest. Without such, a noble is reduced to that of a mere peasant, unable to fund a proper retinue or increase their lands proper. | ||
| − | *'''Efficient Structuring of the Knightly Estate:''' | + | *'''Efficient Structuring of the Knightly Estate:''' Proper research conducted into the management of estates has yielded some surprising results. Whilst it is often preferable to maintain efficiency over size, this is not always a beneficial stance, as will be explained further on. With more properly managed estates, the lords and knights maintaining them can yield even greater revenues to fund their endeavours. |
| − | *'''Additional Infrastructure to Support the Nobility:''' | + | |
| − | *'''Appropriate Spending of Wider Realm Funds:''' | + | *'''Additional Infrastructure to Support the Nobility:''' As mentioned above, a proper infrastructure ought to be created in order to support nobles who retain land of less value. Whilst the realm ought to consider carefully whether to hold territory that is marginal and unproductive first, should it be considered appropriate, the nobles taking up the mantle should receive additional funds for their time and effort. |
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| + | *'''Appropriate Spending of Wider Realm Funds:''' An evaluation of the use of realm funding need be done to ascertain when, where and how realm funds should be spent. Without a critique of this, realm funds often lie idle within the treasury when they could be put to more productive uses, such as the construction of guilds, temples, funding of armies and more. | ||
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| + | The next section shall discuss the initial point in question; the funding of the nobility. | ||
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| + | ==Proper Funding Required of the Nobility== | ||
Revision as of 16:41, 13 February 2018
The Funding of the Nobility
The beginning of this second chapter will outline the various premises I aim to discuss and examine.
- Proper Funding Required of the Nobility: A minimum amount should reach the coffers of each noble week on week, supplemented by additional monthly incomes provided by the realm at large. This allows a noble to properly pursue all matters of the realm, including warfare, education and other pursuits of noble interest. Without such, a noble is reduced to that of a mere peasant, unable to fund a proper retinue or increase their lands proper.
- Efficient Structuring of the Knightly Estate: Proper research conducted into the management of estates has yielded some surprising results. Whilst it is often preferable to maintain efficiency over size, this is not always a beneficial stance, as will be explained further on. With more properly managed estates, the lords and knights maintaining them can yield even greater revenues to fund their endeavours.
- Additional Infrastructure to Support the Nobility: As mentioned above, a proper infrastructure ought to be created in order to support nobles who retain land of less value. Whilst the realm ought to consider carefully whether to hold territory that is marginal and unproductive first, should it be considered appropriate, the nobles taking up the mantle should receive additional funds for their time and effort.
- Appropriate Spending of Wider Realm Funds: An evaluation of the use of realm funding need be done to ascertain when, where and how realm funds should be spent. Without a critique of this, realm funds often lie idle within the treasury when they could be put to more productive uses, such as the construction of guilds, temples, funding of armies and more.
The next section shall discuss the initial point in question; the funding of the nobility.
