King William's Ruling System

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This type of ruling system seems as if it were set up to fail from the start. Giving land and some power to vassals is risky; control would be hard to maintain. Somehow, the monarchy found a way to keep them in check and it worked for a long time. The ingenious way they were able to keep order was through war. King William was able to keep his vassals in check due to his show of strength (source 1). It would have not been possible to control them if he were a weak king. Just showing a little flex in his rule scared the rebellion into submission. The rebellion would have lasted a lot longer if the King did not build those fortresses. The vassals went into rebellion because their leashes were very loose. They forgot that they were under the rule