Answer:
They handled some of the manual labor on their fiefs.
Explanation:
The nobility was constituted mainly by the owners of the lands. Within the nobility there were different ranks.
The most important were the magnates (marquises, counts and dukes). They were the owners of the great extinctions of lands.
A second rank are the nobles (viscounts, barons, ...) mastered extensions of smaller lands.
A third rank was formed by the knights. These, only had a horse and a harness (weapons, armor ...). The knights lived in a noble of superior rank and constituted the personal guard.
The nobles lived in the castle and their main occupation was hunting. Often, they waged wars against other nobles or trained in violent tournaments. Medieval castles were limited to a tower surrounded by a wall.
