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Message: <blockquote data-quote="redwing" data-source="post: 2849678" data-attributes="member: 1430">I am a novice historian (with only my high school classes and hours upon hours of watching the history channel under my belt) and a novice DM as well. I am looking to throw together a political intrigue based game for my next campaign. I already have a good general idea on how the plot will run, however the game is based around the characters taking part in the daily affairs of the kingdom and being integrated into the ongoings of the higher ups throughout the campaign. Are there any good sources on the internet (I've already ran google, and looked through wiki), for the organization the the government of the normal European Middle Ages Kingdom? How was it set up? How many people and exactly who worked within the castle? Who performed the smaller tasks in the villages (tax collecters, etc)? What exactly did the king do on a day to day basis? Who was under him? Besides taxing his kingdom and defending them, what else did the king do for his people? What in return (besides food and money) did they do for him? How did the King relate to the court system of the Kingdom? What was the government set up like? Was the king the legislative, judicial and executive branches all in one?</blockquote>