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Generally speaking, monarchy was either transferred on the death of a monarch to one of their offspring - generally the eldest male, or to the person who killed the monarch (in battle or otherwise) and who then assumed power as the 'strongest' in the land - i.e. the person with the best army!

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The power structure was based on vows of support in exchange for land and titles.

The monarch gave a person he or she trusted a piece of property, possibly with a title of nobility or a knighthood, in exchange for vows of allegiance and homage. The Middle Ages were a time when a person was not considered any better than his word, and vows could not be broken without being excused from them by the Church. In the case of a king, the person who excused the vows would be the Pope. And on the occasions when kings were excommunicated, the vows to support them were sometimes excused. This was what gave the Pope power over the monarchs.

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monarchs made, executed and judge violations

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