The answer is redemption. In United States history, the Redeemers were a political alliance in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction Era that trailed the Civil War. Redeemers were the southern wing of the Bourbon Democrats, the traditional, pro-business faction in the Democratic Party, who shadowed a policy of Redemption, seeking to exile the Radical Republicans, a coalition of freedmen, "carpetbaggers", and "scalawags". They normally were led by the rich landowners, businessmen and professionals, and dominated Southern politics in most parts from the 1870s to 1910.
Nobles and knights were obliged to protect those who lived on the manor and provide personal and military service to the king.
