Answer:
Incomplete question there is a passage to be read.
Passage
About the hour of ten o’clock, the whole plain was crowded with horsemen, horsewomen, and foot-passengers, hastening to the tournament; and shortly after, a grand flourish of trumpets announced Prince John and his retinue, attended by many of those knights who meant to take share in the game, as well as others who had no such intention.
The answer is option C
A powerful monarch backed by a noble fighting class.
Explanation:
It is already describe in the passage how the fighting class were loyal to their nobles, as well as the culture from before was derived of the people in the passage. Monarch is a sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor.
Nobility is a social class normally ranked immediately under royalty and found in some societies that have a formal aristocracy. Nobility possesses more acknowledged privileges and higher social status than most other classes in society.
