A Treatise on Economic fulfillment, the funding of the nobility and the Theme system/The Funding of the Nobility
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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:
- Additional Infrastructure to Support the Nobility:
- Appropriate Spending of Wider Realm Funds: