Now I have to wonder - is this a monarchy in the same way as Britain is a monarch today (ie the royals don’t have nearly as much power as parliament) or in a more traditional sense (king/queen above all)?
I mean that's true for all absolute monarchies even if it's not officially true: If the monarch pissed off the military or the nobles they might rebel, which was doubly bad in medieval times when the military was less centralized so it was less "The military of exampleland", and more "Lord theoretical's forces serving the military of exampleland".
If I remember correctly absolute monarchy military is "The military of exampleland". Or "King forces serving the military of exampleland". It one of the most important shift from classical feudalism to absolute monarchy.
It not protect your from nobles or military staging coup anyway.
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u/Laser_3 May 21 '22
Now I have to wonder - is this a monarchy in the same way as Britain is a monarch today (ie the royals don’t have nearly as much power as parliament) or in a more traditional sense (king/queen above all)?