2.  In exchange for military support › Charles Martel gave land › Which produced income---allowed the soldiers to pay for own equipment  How do we pay for a military now?  Lost of a strong government allowed strong nobles to gain power › Collected taxes › Enforced laws

3.  Peasants could not look to a king for protection

4.  Shift of power led to new system

6.  Based on ties to loyalty and duty › Nobles are both lords land vassals › Public ceremony  “to keep faith and loyalty to you against all others”