no choice
middle ages were closed societies in some ways
if a man did something of value
then king made him a knight
knight married a daughter from another man that did something of value
expectation was that atleast some of their children would have higher value than their high value parents
that system probably worked for a few generations
but grandson of knight could not choose a girl of value because the only girl of high value was a slave daughter and that marriage was not allowed
maybe brothers of grandson had low value and married low value girls that were daughters of other knights and merchants
maybe grandson could disgrace himself by doing something that would make him loose his position in the social hierarchy
so that he could buy the freedom of slave daughter and marry her
maybe that made the king and the knights understand the weaknesses of their closed society
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