Assertion: authority's power | /r/CapableOf | limit the power of the kings
Facets:
value: vastly
type: DEGREE
value: in the polish-lithuanian commonwealth
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: When land is given to military or officials for the performance of their duties, their independence increases and the power of the ruler weakens (consider the Mameluks and their rebellions, or the difference between Chinese Confucian literati who were never able to overthrow the power of the emperor and European knights who evolved into powerful aristocracy in many cases vastly limiting the power of the kings (especially in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth)).