The Political, Military, and Economic Hierarchy and System of Christendom

“Now it can be easily shown that the thing we call aristocracy in Europe is not in its origin and spirit an aristocracy at all. It is not a system of spiritual degrees and distinctions like, for example, the caste system of India, or even like the old Greek distinction between free men and slaves. It is simply the remains of a military organization, framed partly to sustain the sinking Roman Empire, partly to break and avenge the awful onslaught of Islam. The word Duke simply means Colonel, just as the word Emperor simply means Commander-in-Chief. The whole story is told in the single title of Counts of the Holy Roman Empire, which merely means officers in the European army against the contemporary Yellow Peril.”– G.K. Chesterton, What’s Wrong with the World

Christendom is hierarchically structured, but the most important of the elements is the Freehold of the Common Man, centered on the family and the Church’s teachings. USURY has NO PLACE in this system.

1. The Emperor
   1. The Electorate
      1. The Crownlands
      2. The Kings (Kingdoms)
      3. Leaders of Federations (Federations)
      4. Leaders of Free States (Free States)
         1. The Nobility and Estates
            1. Higher Nobility- Archdukes, Princes, Dukes, Counts
            2. Lower Nobility- Lords, Barons
         2. The Guildmasters (Guilds)
         3. Councils
         4. The Free Cities
            1. Civic Officers
            2. Civic Councils
               1. The Freeholders of the City
         5. Freeholders (Freeholds)
            1. Knights and Guardians

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