Compare the power of the king and the power of the large feudal lords in France during the period of feudal fragmentation.

In fact, the large feudal lords were independent from the king, since they had the right to declare war, make peace, mint coins and create a court completely independently. Their prescriptions were binding within the territories they owned. They considered the king only the first among equals and very often went to war against him, which was legalized by feudal custom.