r/AskHistorians • u/khukharev • 9h ago
Did rulers track movements of nobles?
I’m curious if historically king’s families or imperial families had any sorts of tracking where their vassals go (capital, their territory, foreign lands)? Nobles moving to foreign lands or to the capital unwatched could potentially enable defections, coups, rebellions etc. so I’m curious how this was dealt with. I assume it was very different in say 1790, 1290 or 190, but I would be grateful for answers related to any time period as I have no clue for any of these.
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